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Do you use a "hockey stick" probe? I have found it a difficult with a standard linear probe. Someone mentioned a "Sh-long"(out of plane to in plane vs oblique??) axis approach to me once but I cant quite figure it out.I do them under ultrasound and watch the pleura
Do you use a "hockey stick" probe? I have found it a difficult with a standard linear probe. Someone mentioned a "Sh-long"(out of plane to in plane vs oblique??) axis approach to me once but I cant quite figure it out.
Do you use a "hockey stick" probe? I have found it a difficult with a standard linear probe. Someone mentioned a "Sh-long"(out of plane to in plane vs oblique??) axis approach to me once but I cant quite figure it out.
Interesting thought. I was actually wondering how you might bill this as well.It sounds a lot safer but I wonder about efficacy and would like to see an RCT done by someone not named Omoigui.
Also, I wonder if you could get in trouble if you try to bill this as intercostal nerve block, since an independent reviewer looking at your procedure note might say it was a trigger point injection or "rib block" instead.
I need to get an Ultrasound machine!US or fluoro and get under the rib.
I currently don't have access to an Ultrasound machine which honestly sounds like the most safe method. Therefor it's the idea of not dropping someone's lung with this technique that is appealing.I use the technique but I place the needle on the lower border of the rib. Low n but my results have been good.