Section 1. Foundations of Peripheral Nerve Blocks§Chapter 1. Essential Regional Anesthesia Anatomy§Chapter 2. Local Anesthetics: Clinical Pharmacology and Rational Selection§Chapter 3. Equipment for Peripheral Nerve Block§Chapter 4. Electrical Nerve Stimulators and Localization of Peripheral Nerves§Chapter 5. Monitoring and Documentation§Chapter 6. Indications for Peripheral Nerve Blocks§Chapter 7. Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Outpatients§Chapter 8. Neuraxial and Regional Anesthesia in the Anticoagulated Patient§Chapter 9. Toxicity of Local Anesthetics§Chapter 10. Neurologic Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks§Section 2. Nerve Stimulator and Surface-based Nerve Block Techniques§Chapter 11. Cervical Plexus Block§Chapter 12. Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 13. Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 14. Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 15. Axillary Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 16. Wrist Block§Chapter 17. Cutaneous Nerve Blocks of the Upper Extremity§Chapter 18. Lumbar Plexus Block§Chapter 19. Sciatic Block§Part 1. Anterior Approach§Part 2. Posterior Approach§Chapter 20. Popliteal Block§Part 1. Intertendious Approach§Part 2. Lateral Approach§Chapter 21. Femoral Nerve Block§Chapter 22. Ankle Block§Chapter 23. Thoracic Paravertebral Block§Chapter 24. Intercostal Block§Section 3. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia§Chapter 25. Bier Block§Section 4. Foundations of Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks§Chapter 26. Ultrasound Physics§Chapter 27. Optimizing an Ultrasound Image for Needle Insertion§Section 5. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks§Chapter 28. Ultrasound-Guided Superficial Cervical Plexus Block§Chapter 29. Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 30. Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 31. Ultrasound-Guided Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 32. Ultrasound-Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block§Chapter 33. Ultrasound-Guided Forearm Blocks§Chapter 34. Ultrasound-Guided Wrist Block§Chapter 35. Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block§Chapter 36. Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Block§Chapter 37. Ultrasound-Guided Obturator Nerve Block§Chapter 38. Ultrasound-Guided Saphenous Nerve Block§Chapter 39. Ultrasound-Guided Sciatic Nerve Block§Part 1. Anterior Approach§Part 2: Transgluteal and Subgluteal Approach§Chapter 40. Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block§Chapter 41. Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block§Chapter 42. Common Ultrasound-Guided Truncal and Cutaneous Blocks§Part 1. Transverse Abdominis Block§Part 2. Ultrasound-Guided Iliohypogastric and Ilioinguinal Blocks§Part 3. Ultrasound-Guided Rectus Sheath Block§Part 4: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block§Section 6. Ultrasound-Guided Neuraxial and Perineuraxial Blocks§Chapter 43. Introduction§Chapter 44. Spinal Sonography and Considerations for Ultrasound-Guided Central Neuraxial Blockade§Chapter 45. Sonography of Thoracic Paravertebral Space and Considerations for the Technique of Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block§Chapter 46. Ultrasound of the Lumbar Plexus and Lumbar Plexus Block Technique Considerations§Section 7. Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Anatomy§Section 8. Atlas of Surface Anatomy§Index