The incorporation of nerve stimulation and ultrasound guidance to veterinary regional anesthesia allows accurate performance of techniques to block the thoracic limb and the thorax. When performed correctly, regional anesthesia can either constitute an alternative to the use of opioids and other systemic analgesics, or have a significant opioid-sparing effect. This article provides an overview of some techniques described using objective methods of nerve location, which can be used to provide perioperative locoregional anesthesia and analgesia to the thoracic limb and thorax. The approaches described may be used to decrease the perioperative use of opioids in small animals.

中文翻译：

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小动物胸肢和胸部的局部麻醉。

将神经刺激和超声引导结合到兽医区域麻醉剂中可准确执行阻断胸肢和胸部的技术。如果正确执行，区域麻醉可以替代使用阿片类药物和其他全身性镇痛药，也可以起到明显的保护阿片类药物的作用。本文概述了使用客观的神经定位方法描述的一些技术，这些技术可用于为胸肢和胸部提供围手术期局部麻醉和镇痛。所描述的方法可用于减少小动物中阿片类药物的围手术期使用。