Motor-Sparing Surgical Nerve Blocks for Upper Extremity Surgery: Significantly Less Motor Paralysis Using 15 mL versus 30 mL of Mepivacaine 1.5% for Supraclavicular Block - A Prospective Randomized Double-Blinded Study

Andres Missair, Brian M Osman^*, Howard D Palte, Steven Gayer, Juan Gutierrez and Ralf E Gebhard

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Brian M Osman, Department of Anesthesiology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA, Tel: (215) 279 - 1996, Fax: (305) 689 - 1085 Email: