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Pediatrics
Cohort
Brachial plexus block with general anesthesia reduces opioid use and improves recovery in pediatric upper limb surgery
Numbing Nerves Helps Kids Heal Faster
A retrospective PSM cohort study of 100 children undergoing upper limb surgery found that adding nerve stimulator-guided brachial plexus blo…
A specific type of numbing medicine helps young patients bounce back from surgery by calming their body's stress reaction.
Frontiers
Apr 10, 2026
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Meta-analysis
Costoclavicular Nerve Block Shows Faster Onset Than Infraclavicular Block in Upper Limb Surgeries
Nerve block for arm surgery may work faster with newer technique, analysis finds
A meta-analysis of 6 RCTs involving 434 patients undergoing upper limb surgeries found that costoclavicular nerve block significantly decrea…
A newer nerve block technique for arm surgery starts numbing the arm faster than the traditional method, analysis finds.
NEJM
Apr 4, 2026