Practical experience in the use of intravenous regional anaesthesia in hand surgery on 632 patients is reported. The safety of the anaesthesia, the efficacy of the procedure and the patient-comfort are well attested in this study. We recommend that its role should be established particularly in busy orthopaedic surgery departments where both elective and emergency work-loads on hand surgery are heavy.
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