Sonoanatomy for Anaesthetists

Excerpt

Lin et al.’s Sonoanatomy for Anaesthetists is a timely publication given the increasing use of ultrasound in anesthesia practice. The authors have produced a text which could be a valuable resource for anesthesiology trainees and those with a particular interest in regional anesthesia. The authors’ goal is to illustrate the relationships between surface anatomy, regional anatomy, and ultrasound scans for most of the common nerves and vessels that are subject to intervention by anesthesiologists. The book is not intended as a step-by-step guide for the performance of specific procedures, but rather as a description of the relevant sonoanatomy that can be applied to a variety of techniques. The authors endeavoured to achieve this by showing probe placement and the expected ultrasound finding for the nerve in focus. …