Nerve block
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nerve-block-183-6902487
title:
Nerve block
text:
Nerve block or regional nerve blockade is any deliberate interruption of signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief. Local anesthetic nerve block is a short-term block, usually lasting hours or days, involving the injection of an anesthetic, a corticosteroid, and other agents onto or near a nerve. Neurolytic block, the deliberate temporary degeneration of nerve fibers through the application of chemicals, heat, or freezing, produces a block that may persist for weeks,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Deliberate inhibition of nerve impulses
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_block
date created:
2005-09-15T17:32:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:22:39Z
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13
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