Intravenous regional anesthesia

Intravenous regional anesthesia was used in an adult dog as part of a balanced approach to general anesthesia for amputation of the 4th digit of its right hind limb. It allowed the concentration of isoflurane to be reduced to 0.5%. Resume Anesthesie regionale intraveineuse (bloc de Bier) chez un chien. Une anesthesie regionale intraveineuse a ete utilisee chez un chien adulte comme composante d'une anesthesie generale a toxicite dispersee lors de l'amputation du 4e doigt du membre posterieur droit. La concentration d'isoflurane a pu etre reduite 'a 0,5 %. (Traduit par docteur Andre Blouin) Can Vet J 1999; 40: 419-421 I ntravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA), also known as the "Bier block," was first described by Bier in 1908; Holmes (1) repopularized the technique in humans in 1963. It has been used in veterinary medicine to provide regional analgesia to extremities undergoing surgery in cattle, small ruminants, buffalo, and swine; however, very little information exists on its use in dogs (2,3). This report describes the technique and clinical use of IVRA in an adult dog that had the 4th digit of its hind limb