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the transducer needs to be moved more distally toward the stifle. The saphenous nerve can only be blocked using an ultrasound machine because this nerve provides only sensation (no motor), therefore the nerve locator will not stimulate any contraction/ extension of the limb. The volume of local anesthetic used for these blocks is 0.1 ml/kg of 0.5% bupivacaine or ropivacaine for each block.
leg is noticed. The sciatic nerve can also be identified with an ultrasound linear transducer placed perpendicular to the long axis of the femur just distal to the greater trochanter. The sciatic nerve is located between the biceps femoris (lateral) and the adductor muscle (medial). The nerve has the shape of a figure 8, since the sciatic bundle is formed by the common fibular and the tibial nerves. The needle is inserted in-plane caudocranially. The femoral-saphenous nerve complex can be blocked with a nerve locator. On the medial aspect of the limb, the operator palpates the femoral artery in the femoral triangle with the non-dominant hand. The insulated needle is inserted cranial to the artery and advanced until the iliac fascia is punctured. When using the ultrasound machine, the linear transducer is placed on the medial aspect of the pelvic limb, perpendicular to the long axis of the femur over the femoral artery. The transducer is moved proximally until the superficial circumflex iliac artery is identified. The femoral-saphenous nerve complex is located below (lateral to) the artery. The needle is inserted in-plane directed craniocaudally and lateromedially toward the ultrasound transducer. The iliac fascia needs to be punctured before the injection of the local anesthetic. This technique (same orientation of ultrasound transducer and needle) can also be used to block only the saphenous nerve. To accomplish this,
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