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Nerve Block

"Nerve Block" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Interruption of NEURAL CONDUCTION in peripheral nerves or nerve trunks by the injection of a local anesthetic agent (e.g., LIDOCAINE; PHENOL; BOTULINUM TOXINS) to manage or treat pain.


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Bar chart showing 35 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1996 and 2011 and 2018 and 2021 and 2022
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