Combining Intertruncal Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block with Corner Pocket Injection; Is The Technique Superior To Intertruncal Approach Alone – A Randomised Control Study

the Intertruncal approach to Brachial plexus block is new technique for administering anesthesia to the upper-limb with minimal nerve injuries, but is still associated with ulnar nerve sparing. so we hypothesized that combining the intertruncal block with corner pocket injection the block success rate can be further increased.

a total sample size of sixty was calculated based on previous studies on intertruncal blocks, and those patients coming for upper limb surgeries below the elbow level were randomised either to receieve intertruncal block alone or intertruncal block combined with cornerpocket injection to evaluate the block success rate