RT Journal
A1 Benzon HT
T1 ILlustrated manual of regional anesthesia
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD August 11
VO 262
IS 6
SP 839
OP 840
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03430060139044
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430060139044
AB This book is a radical departure from other illustrated regional anesthesia textbooks. It actually consists of two "books." One is a massive atlas that has 300 loose-leaf transparent illustrations of regional anatomy and regional nerveblock techniques. The other is an accompanying 96-page text brochure that describes each technique (the Basic Set). The superb but fragile three-dimensional transparencies are the result of a new state-of-the-art printing process that employs laser beams to color the illustrations, giving a realistic presentation of the deeper anatomic structures. The transparencies are surrogate cadavers that make up for the decreased time spent by medical students in anatomy classrooms.Several transparencies make up an illustration. Usually, the first one is the surface anatomy, followed by the overlying muscles, the vertebrae, the vascular supply, and then the nerves. I found that not all are needed. For example, transparency 5 is better when transparencies 5.2 and 5.4 are removed.