What does a nerve block puncture needle mean

Nerve block generally refers to a technique of local anesthesia.

In clinical practice, nerve block is a technique that uses chemical or physical methods to act around ganglia, nerve roots, nerve plexus, nerve trunk and endings, so that their conduction function is temporarily or permanently blocked. For example, upper extremity surgery mainly involves anesthesia of brachial plexus nerve tissue, and local anesthetics are generally injected around the nerve plexus. Generally, it can make the entire upper limb including forearm, upper arm and hand anesthesia, which can help the successful completion of the operation. At the same time, this method can also be used for nerve inflammation and nutrition nerve and a variety of pain, can be used to relieve cervical spondylosis, shoulder and neck pain, lumbar disease, trigeminal nerve pain and other diseases.

The treatment effect of nerve block is usually good, and the trauma is small, the operation is simple, after the treatment generally does not need to be hospitalized, usually is easy to be accepted by patients, can play a role in expanding local blood vessels, regulating nerves and promoting local blood circulation.