Ultrasound visibility of needles used for regional nerve block: An in vitro study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 480-488

  Schafhalter Zoppoth, Ingeborg ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^b   Gray, Andrew T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Univ C   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle visibility; Peripheral nerve block; Regional block needle; Ultrasound; Visibility enhancement

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; GUIDE WIRE; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISIBILITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELATIN; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 4544301513     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. A.H. Mokdad, M.K. Serdula, W.H. Dietz, B.A. Bowman, J.S. Marks, J.P. Koplan The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998 JAMA 282 1999 1519 1522
2. N.S. Sandhu, L.M. Capan Ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block Br J Anaesth 89 2002 254 259
3. V.W. Chan, A. Perlas, Rawson, O. Odukoya Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block Anesth Analg 97 2003 1514 1517
4. L. Kirchmair, T. Entner, S. Kapral, G. Mitterschiffthaler Ultrasound guidance for the psoas compartment block An imaging study Anesth Analg 94 2002 706 710
5. A.T. Gray, I. Schafhalter-Zoppoth Ultrasound guidance for ulnar nerve block in the forearm Reg Anesth Pain Med 28 2003 335 339
6. S. Kapral, P. Marhofer [Ultrasound in local anaesthesia. Part II ultrasound-guided blockade of peripheral nerve channels] Anaesthesist 51 2002 1006 1014
7. B.D. Fornage, N. Sneige, B.S. Edeiken Interventional breast sonography Eur J Radiol 42 2002 17 31
8. J.W. Charboneau, C.C. Reading, T.J. Welch CT and sonographically guided needle biopsy Current techniques and new innovations AJR Am J Roentgenol 154 1990 1 10
9. H.R. Laine, J. Rainio An inexpensive method of improving visualisation of the needle tip in fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) Ann Chir Gynaecol 82 1993 43 45
10. J.M. Longo, J.I. Bilbao, M.D. Barettino, J.A. Larrea, J. Pueyo, F. Idoate, V.H. deVilla Percutaneous vascular and nonvascular puncture under US guidance Role of color Doppler imaging Radiographics 14 1994 959 972
11. S. Bondestam, J. Kreula Needle tip echogenicity A study with real time ultrasound. Invest Radiol 24 1989 555 560
12. K. Nichols, L.B. Wright, T. Spencer, W.C. Culp Changes in ultrasonographic echogenicity and visibility of needles with changes in angles of insonation J Vasc Interv Radiol 14 2003 1553 1557
13. M. Cohnen, A. Saleh, R. Luthen, J. Bode, U. Modder Improvement of sonographic needle visibility in cirrhotic livers during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt procedures with use of real-time compound imaging J Vasc Interv Radiol 14 2003 103 106
14. S. Kapral, P. Marhofer, T. Grau [Ultrasound in local anaesthesia. Part I technical developments and background] Anaesthesist 51 2002 931 937
15. W.C. Culp, T.C. McCowan, T.C. Goertzen, T.G. Habbe, M.M. Hummel, R.F. LeVeen, J.C. Anderson Relative ultrasonographic echogenicity of standard, dimpled, and polymeric-coated needles J Vasc Interv Radiol 11 2000 351 358
16. J.P. McGahan Laboratory assessment of ultrasonic needle and catheter visualization J Ultrasound Med 5 1986 373 377
17. D.I. Jandzinski, N. Carson, D. Davis, D.J. Rubens, S.L. Voci, R.H. Gottlieb Treated needles Do they facilitate sonographically guided biopsies? J Ultrasound Med 22 2003 1233 1237
18. R.E. Hopkins, M. Bradley In-vitro visualization of biopsy needles with ultrasound a comparative study of standard and echogenic needles using an ultrasound phantom Clin Radiol 56 2001 499 502
19. S. Karstrup, J. Brons, L. Morsel, N. Juul, P. von der Recke Optimal set-up for ultrasound guided punctures using new scanner applications An in-vitro study Eur J Ultrasound 15 2002 77 84
20. S.R. Hurwitz, M.P. Nageotte Amniocentesis needle with improved sonographic visibility Radiology 171 1989 576 577
21. B.T. Sitzman, D.R. Uncles The effects of needle type, gauge, and tip bend on spinal needle deflection Anesth Analg 82 1996 297 301
22. A. Goldstein, M. Yudelev, R.K. Sharma, E. Arterbery Design of quality assurance for sonographic prostate brachytherapy needle guides J Ultrasound Med 21 2002 947 954
23. T.G. Lee, J.Q. Knochel Air as an ultrasound contrast marker for accurate determination of needle placement Tumor biopsy localization and other applications. Radiology 143 1982 787 788
24. W.S. Trimmer, D. Vilkomerson A new wire phantom for accurate measurement of acoustical resolution Ultrason Imaging 5 1983 87 93
25. S. Bondestam The needle tip echo J Ultrasound Med 11 1992 253 256
26. S. Cheung, R. Rohling Enhancement of needle visibility in ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures Ultrasound Med Biol 30 2004 617 624