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Regional anaesthesia for hand surgery offers several advantages over general anaesthesia, but reasons for block failure are multifactorial. This tutorial highlights causes of failure, so that anaesthetists can maximise their chances of success and learn to salvage a partially working...

Pregnant women with platelet and/or coagulation disorders are more susceptible to bleeding complications during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods. This tutorial focusses on the principles of their management relevant to the anaesthetists.

This tutorial describes how to perform an ultrasound guided caudal block. It first describes the anatomy of the caudal region before discussing the benefits and potential complications of such block. A practical guide with step-by-step technique is provided to facilitate...

Post-amputation pain syndromes remain a challenging pathology for modern pain physicians to manage. This tutorial discusses the pathophysiology of post-amputation pain, risk factors for its occurrence, and its management with respect to acute post-amputation pain, chronic post-amputation pain and phantom...

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was developed after extensive consultation aiming to decrease errors and adverse events, and increase teamwork and communication in surgery. The 19-item checklist has gone on to show significant reduction in both morbidity and mortality and...

As the supply of electricity and compressed gases varies from location to location the WFSA has developed guidelines for those seeking to tender for and purchase anaesthesia machines. Following ISO standards (which the WFSA helped to develop) this short document...