Nerve localization for peripheral regional anesthesia

The German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, DGAI) established an expert panel to develop preliminary recommendations for nerve localization in peripheral regional anesthesia. Based on expert knowledge and the relatively limited data, the recommendations state how ultrasound and/or electrical nerve stimulation should be used in daily practice, and where and when local anesthetics should be injected. Moreover, it was defined under which conditions a peripheral nerve block under general anesthesia or deep sedation is applicable.