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Noam Ami Ramy Ashmawy Danielle Brown-Shreves Anna Dabu Reena Karkhanis Alex Kerr Masood Khan

James Liang Mario Lupu Alina Nuica Melody Qu Reva Ramlogan Mandeep Singh

Grace Tang Arkadiy Koshkin Filomena Valle-Leutri Natalie Wong Daquan Xu David Xu Michael Yang

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2011 Papers [Link to Pub]

1. Abdallah FW, Hocking G, Chan VW. Porcine carcass phantom for ultrasound imaging and hands-on practice in needle insertion in the thoracic paravertebral space. Can J Anaesth 2011;58:875-7
2. Abdallah FW, Brull R. Is sciatic nerve block advantageous when combined with femoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty? A systematic review. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:493-8
3. Abdallah FW, Brull R. Making sense of block "success" in ambulatory anesthesia practice. Int Anesthesiol Clin 2011;49:1-9
4. Arzola C, Avramescu S, Tharmaratnam U, Chin KJ, Balki M. Identification of cervicothoracic intervertebral spaces by surface landmarks and ultrasound. Can J Anaesth 2011;58:1069-74
5. Brull R, Chan VW. The corner pocket revisited. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:308
6. Brull R, Macfarlane AJ, Parrington SJ, Koshkin A, Chan VWS. Is circumferential injection advantageous for ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic nerve block?: A proof-of-concept study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:266-70
7. Brull R, Prasad GA, Gandhi R, Ramlogan R, Khan M, Chan VWS. Is a patella motor response necessary for continuous femoral nerve blockade performed in conjunction with ultrasound guidance? Anesth Analg 2011;112:982-6
8. Chan CW, Peng PWH. Suprascapular nerve block- a narrative review. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2011; 36:358-373
9. Chan, CW, Peng PWH. Failed back surgery syndrome: A review. Pain Medicine 2011; 12:577-606
10. Chin KJ, Handoll HH. Single, double or multiple-injection techniques for axillary brachial plexus block for hand, wrist or forearm surgery in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011;6:CD003842
11. Chin KJ, Karmakar MK, Peng P. Ultrasonography of the adult thoracic and lumbar spine for central neuraxial blockade. Anesthesiology 2011;114:1459-85
12. Chin KJ, Chan V, Hebbard P, et al. Ultrasound-guided transversalis fascia plane block provides analgesia for anterior iliac crest bone graft harvesting. Can J Anaesth 2012;59:122-3
13. Chin KJ, Perlas A. Ultrasonography of the lumbar spine for neuraxial and lumbar plexus block. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology 2011; 24: 567-572
14. Chin KJ, Perlas A, Chan V, Brown-Shreves D, Koshkin A, Vaishnav V. Ultrasound imaging facilitates spinal anesthesia in adults with difficult surface anatomical landmarks. Anesthesiology 2011; 115: 94-101
15. Chin KJ, Tse C, Chan V. Ultrasonographic identification of an anomalous femoral nerve: the fascia iliaca as a key landmark. Anesthesiology 2011;115:1104
16. Chin KJ, Tse CC, Chan V. Practical considerations in preparing the pig carcass spine phantom. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:91-2
17. Chin KJ, Tse C, Chan V, Tan JS, Lupu CM, Hayter M. Hand motion analysis using the imperial college surgical assessment device: validation of a novel and objective performance measure in ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:213-9
18. Choi S, Brull R. Is ultrasound guidance advantageous for interventional pain management? A review of acute pain outcomes. Anesth Analg 2011;113:596-604
19. Flamer D, Peng PWH. Intravenous regional anesthesia: a review of common local anesthetic options and the use of opioids and muscle relaxants as adjuncts. Local Reg Anesth 2011;4:1-20
20. Ganapathy S, Chan V. Regional analgesia and acute pain management: major leaps in small steps? Preface. Anesthesiol Clin 2011;29:xiii-xxiv
21. Hui GKM , Peng PWH. Meralgia paresthetica- What an anesthesiologist needs to know. Reg Anesth Pain Medicine 2011; 36:156-161
22. Lee SH, Lee SH, Chan VW, et al. Echotexture and Correlated Histologic Analysis of Peripheral Nerves Important in Regional Anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:382-386
23. Macfarlane AJ, Sites BD, Sites VR, et al. Musculoskeletal sonopathology and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. HSS J 2011;7:64-71
24. Macfarlane AJ, Bhatia A, Brull R. Needle to nerve proximity: what do the animal studies tell us? Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:290-302
25. McGeary S, Chan V, Brull R. Recognizing dangerous intraneural injection: is it the musician or the instrument? Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:99
26. Morfey DH, Chan VW, Brull R. Tripping over perineural catheters. Anesth Analg 2011;113:689-91
27. Niazi AU, Mocon A, Varadi RG, et al. Ondine's curse: anesthesia for laparoscopic implantation of a diaphragm pacing stimulation system. Can J Anaesth 2011;58:1034-8
28. Peng PWH, Cheng P. Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in pain Medicine: A review of anatomy, sonoanaotmy and procedures. Part III: Shoulder. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011; 36: 592-605
29. Perlas A, Davis L, Khan M, Mitsakakis N, Chan V. Gastric sonography in the fasted surgical patient. A prospective descriptive study. Anesth Analg 2011; 113: 93-97
30. Prasad A, Yu E, Wong DT, et al. Comparison of sonography and computed tomography as imaging tools for assessment of airway structures. J Ultrasound Med 2011;30:965-72
31. Singh M, Chin KJ, Chan V. Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block: a useful adjunct in the management of postoperative respiratory failure. J Clin Anesth 2011;23:303-6
32. Subramanyam R, Vaishnav V, Chan VW, . Lateral Versus Medial Needle Approach for Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Block: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:387-392

Book Chapters

1. Bhatia A, Peng PWH. Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks in pain medicine. In: Nauroze S (Ed). Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management. Page 279-292. 1st ed. Springer, Amherst MA.2011
2. Chan V, Perlas A. Basics of Ultrasound Imaging. Chapter 2, pages 13-19. In Narouze S (ed): Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management. Springer New York, NY 2011
3. Peng PWH. Ultrasound guided cervical sympathetic chain block. In: Nauroze S (Ed). Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management. Page 273-278. 1st ed. Springer Publisher, Amherst MA.2011
4. Peng PWH. Peripheral applications of ultrasound for chronic pain. In: Benzon H, Huntoon M, Narouze S (Ed). Spinal Injections and Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management (Deer T: Series Editor). Page 101-120. 1st ed. Elsevier, PA. 2011
5. Perlas A, Factor D, Candido K, Benzon H. Blocks of the lumbar plexus and its branches. In Benzon H (ed): Essentials of Pain Medicine (3rd edition). Elsevier 2011 in press
6. Perlas A, Riazi S, Tse C. Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks of the upper extremity. Chapter 17, pages 227-237 In Narouze S (ed): Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management. Springer New York, NY 2011

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2010 Papers [Link to Pub]

1. Bellingham GA, Peng PW. A low-cost ultrasound phantom of the lumbosacral spine. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35:290-293
2. Bellingham GA, Peng P. Duloxetine: A review of its pharmacology and use in chronic pain management. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35:294-303
3. Bhatia A, Lai J, Chan VW, Brull R. Pneumothorax as a Complication of the Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Approach for Brachial Plexus Block. Anesth Analg 2010;111:817-9
4. Brull R, Macfarlane AJ, Tse CC. Practical knobology for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35(2 Suppl):S68-73
5. Chaparro LE, Rivera MF, Gallo T, Gonzalez. NJ, Peng PW. Effectiveness of combined haloperidol and dexamethasone versus dexamethasone only for postoperative nausea and vomiting in high-risk day surgery patients: a randomized blinded trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2010; 27:192-195
6. Chin KJ, Singh M, Velayutham V, Chee V. Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for regional anaesthesia of the lower arm. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;17:CD005487
7. Chin KJ, Singh M, Velayutham V, Chee V. Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for regional anaesthesia of the lower arm. Anesth Analg 2010;111:1072
8. Chin KJ, Chan V. Ultrasonography as a preoperative assessment tool: predicting the feasibility of central neuraxial blockade. Anesth Analg 2010;110:252-3
9. Chin KJ, Chan V. Evaluating outcomes in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Can J Anaesth 2010;57:1-8
10. Chin KJ, Chan VW, Ramlogan R, Perlas A. Real-time ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia in patients with a challenging spinal anatomy: two case reports. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2010;54:252-5
11. Choiniere M, Dion D, Peng P, and the Canadian STOP-PAIN Research Group. Who are the patients on wait-lists of multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities? Can J Anesth 2010; 57:539-548
12. Duggan E, Brull R, Chan VW. Reply to Dr. Orebaugh. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:481-2
13. Factor D, Chin KJ. Transversus abdominis plane block in lower segment cesarean section: a question of block failure or lack of efficacy? Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:404-5
14. Guerriere DN, Choiniere P M, Dion D, Peng P, Stafford-Coyte E, Zagorski B, and the Canadian STOP-PAIN Research Group. What is the cost of pain for patients on wait-lists of multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities? Can J Anesth 2010; 57:549-558
15. Kastanias P, Gowans S, Tumber PS, Snaith K, Robinson S. Patient-controlled oral analgesia for postoperative pain management following total knee replacement. Pain Res Manag 2010;15: 11-16
16. Lupu CM, Kiehl TR, Chan VW, El-Beheiry H, Madden M, Brull R. Nerve expansion seen on ultrasound predicts histologic but not functional nerve injury after intraneural injection in pigs. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:132-9
17. McCartney CJ, Dickinson V, Dubrowski A, Riazi S. McHardy P, Awad I. Ultrasound provides a reliable test of intravascular injection of local anaesthetic during regional anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35:361-3
18. Moayeri N, van Geffen GJ, Bruhn J, Chan VW, Groen GJ. Correlation among ultrasound, cross-sectional anatomy, and histology of the sciatic nerve: a review. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:442-9
19. Myers J, Chan V, Jarvis V, Walker-Dilks C. Intraspinal techniques for pain management in cancer patients: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer 2010;18:137-49
20. Narouze S, Peng PWH. Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in pain medicine: A review of anatomy, sonoanaotmy and procedures. Part II: axial structures. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35: 386-396
21. Neal JM, Brull R, Chan VW, Grant SA, Horn JL, Liu SS, McCartney CJL, Narouze SN, Perlas A, Salinas FV, Sites BD, Tsui BC. The ASRA evidence-based medicine assessment of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and pain medicine: Executive summary. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:S1-S9
22. Niazi AU, Ramlogan R, Prasad A, Chan VW. A new simulation model for ultrasound-aided regional anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:320-1
23. O'Donnell D, Manickam B, Perlas A, Karkhanis R, Chan VW, Brull R Spinal mepivacaine with fentanyl for outpatient knee arthroscopy surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Can J Anesth 2010; 57: 32-38
24. Parrington SJ, O'Donnell D, Chan VWS, Brown-Shreves D, Subramanyam R, Qu M, Brull R. Dexamethasone added to mepivacaine prolongs the duration of analgesia after supraclavicular brachial plexus blockade. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:422-6
25. Peng PWH, Wiley MJ, Liang J, Bellingham GA. Ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block: A correlation with fluoroscopic and cadaveric findings. Can J Anesth 2010; 57:143-148
26. Peng PWH, Li C, Farcas E, Haley A, Wong W, Bender J, Chung F. Use of low dose Pregabalin in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Br J Anaesth 2010; 105:155-161
27. Perlas A. Evidence for the Use of ultrasound in Neuraxial Blocks. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35: S43-46
28. Prasad A, Perlas A, Ramlogan R, Brull R, Chan V. Ultrasound-guided popliteal block distal to sciatic nerve bifurcation shortens onset time: a prospective randomized double-blind study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:267-71
29. Ramlogan R, Manickam B, Chan VW, Liang L, Adhikary SD, Liguori GA, Hargett MJ, Brull R. Challenges and training tools associated with the practice of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: a survey of the American society of regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:224-6
30. Riazi S, Niazi AU, Tumber PS, Peng P. Confirmation of epidural catheter placement in a quadriplegic patient using a nerve stimulator. Can J Anesth 2010;57:276-7
31. Singh M, Chin KJ, Chan VWS, Wong DT, Prasad GA, Yu E. Use of sonography for airway assessment: an observational study. J Ultrasound Med 2010;29:79-85
32. Sites BD, Brull R, Chan VWS, Spence BC, Gallagher J, Beach ML, sites VR, Abbas S, Harman GS. Artifacts and pitfall errors associated with ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: Part II: A pictorial approach to understanding and avoidance. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:S81-S92
33. Sites BD, Chan VW, Neal JM, Weller R, Grau T, Koscielniak-Nielsen ZJ, Ivani G. The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy joint committee recommendations for education and training in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:S74-S80
34. Sites BD, Macfarlane AJ, Sites VR, Naraghi AM, Chan VWS, Antonakakis JG, Singh M, Brull R. Clinical sonopathology for the regional anesthesiologist: part 1: vascular and neural. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:272-80
35. Sites BD, Macfarlane AJ, Sites VR, Naraghi AM, Chan VWS, Antonakakis JG, Singh M, Brull R. Clinical sonopathology for the regional anesthesiologist: part 2: bone, viscera, subcutaneous tissue, and foreign bodies. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:281-9
36. Tan JS, Chin KJ, Chan VWS. Developing a Training Program for Peripheral Nerve Blockade: The "Nuts and Bolts" International Anesthesiology Clinics 2010;48:1-11
37. Toppin PJ, Chandy TT, Ghanekar A, Kraeva N, Beattie WS, Riazi S. A report of fulminant malignant hyperthermia in a patient with a novel mutation of the CACNA1S gene. Can J Anesth 2010;57:689-93

Book Chapters

1. Lynch ME, Peng PWH, Craig K. The challenge of pain: A multidimensional phenomenon. In: Lynch ME, Craig K, Peng PWH (Eds). Clinical Pain Management: A Practical Guide. P. 3-5. 1st ed. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, Oxford 2010
2. Peng PWH, Bellingham G. Anti-depressant, anticonvulsant and neuropsychiatirc drugs. In: Tsui SL, Chen PP, Ng KFJ (Ed). Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine, Page 379-391, 2nd ed. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2010
3. Peng PWH, Lynch ME. Other agents. In: Lynch ME, Craig K, Peng PWH (Eds). Clinical Pain Management: A Practical Guide. P. 142-152. 1st ed. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, Oxford 2010

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2009 Papers [Link to Pub]

1. Bellingham GA, Peng PWH. Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures for chronic pelvic pain. Tech Reg Anesth Pain Manage 2009; 13:171-178
2. Brull R, Lupu M, Perlas A, Chan V W, McCartney C J. Compared with dual nerve stimulation, ultrasound guidance shortens the time for infraclavicular block performance. Can J Anaesth 2009; 56:812-8
3. Chin KJ, Macfarlane A J, Chan V, Brull R. The use of ultrasound to facilitate spinal anesthesia in a patient with previous lumbar laminectomy and fusion: A case report. J Clin Ultrasound 2009; 2009;37:482-485
4. Chin KJ, Perlas A, Chan V, Brull R. Continuous infraclavicular plexus blockade. Anesth Analg 2009;109:1347-1348
5. Chin KJ, Perlas A, Singh M, Arzola C, Prasad A, Chan V, Brull R. An ultrasound-assisted approach facilitates spinal anesthesia for total joint arthroplasty. Can J Anaesth 2009;56:643-650
6. Choi S, Brull R. Neuraxial techniques in obstetric and non-obstetric patients with common bleeding diatheses. Anesth Analg 2009;109:648-60
7. Duggan E, El Beheiry H, Perlas A, Lupu M, Nuica A, Chan VW, Brull R. Minimum effective volume of local anesthetic for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:215-218
8. Gofeld M, Bhatia A, Abbas S, Ganapathy S, Johnson M. Development and validation of a new technique for ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:475-479
9. Gofeld M, Bhatia A, Burton AW. Vertebroplasty in the management of painful bony metastases. Current Pain Headache Rep 2009;13:288-294
10. Ip, HYV, Abrishami A, Peng PWH, Wong J, Chung F. Predictors of postoperative pain and analgesic consumption - a qualitative systematic review. Anesthesiology 2009; 111:657-677
11. Macfarlane A J, Prasad GA, Chan VW, Brull R. Does regional anaesthesia improve outcome after total hip arthroplasty? A systematic review. Br J Anaesth 2009;103:335-345
12. Manickam B, Perlas A, Duggan E, Brull R, Chan VWS, Ramlogan R. Feasibility and efficacy of ultrasound-guided block of the saphenous nerve in the adductor canal. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:578-80
13. Manickam BP, Brull R. Implications of a permanent cardiac pacemaker in peripheral nerve blockade. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:233-5
14. Manickam BP, Brull R. Implications of a permanent cardiac pacemaker in peripheral nerve blockade. Reply to dr. Dolan. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:122
15. Morfey DH, Brull R. Finding the corner pocket: landmarks in ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block. Anaesthesia 2009;64:1381
16. Morfey D, Brull R. Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block: What is intraneural?Anesthesiology 2010;112:250-1
17. Morfey DH, Brull R. Target driven analgesia for total knee arthroplasty. Anaesthesia 2009;64:332-3
18. Niazi A U, Prasad A, Ramlogan R, Chan V W. Methods to ease placement of stimulating catheters during in-plane ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:380-381
19. O' Donnell DR, Prasad A, Brull R. Antiinflammatory effect of peripheral nerve blockade. Anesthesiology 2009;110:1189
20. Peng P, Narouze S. Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in pain Medicine: A review of anatomy, sonoanaotmy and procedures. Part I: Non-axial structures. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009; 34:458-474
21. Perlas A, Chan VW, Brull R. Several "correct" approaches to nerve stimulator-guided popliteal fossa block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:624-5
22. Perlas A, Chan V W, Lupu C M, Mitsakakis N, Hanbidge A. Ultrasound assessment of gastric content and volume. Anesthesiology 2009;111:82-89
23. Perlas A, Lobo G, Lo N, Brull R, Chan V W, Karkhanis R. Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block: outcome of 510 consecutive cases. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34: 171-176
24. Prasad AG, Niazi A, Chan V. Ultrasound averts inadvertent injury during internal jugular vein cannulation. Can J Anaesth 2009;56: 85-86
25. Prasad A, Singh M, Chan V W. Ultrasound imaging of the airway. Can J Anaesth 2009;56:868-9
26. Provonost A, Kern R, Peng P. Telemedicine in the management of chronic pain: A cost analysis study. Can J Anesth 2009; 56:590-596
27. Seib RK, Peng PWH. Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Nerve Block in Chronic Pain Management. Tech Reg Anesth Pain Manage 2009; 13:110-116
28. Sites B D, Chan V W, Neal J M, Weller R, Grau T, Koscielniak-Nielsen Z J, Ivani G. The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the European Society Of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy Joint Committee recommendations for education and training in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34: 40-46
29. Sites BD, Neal JM, Chan V. Ultrasound in regional anesthesia: where should the "focus" be set? Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:531-3
30. Suresh S, Chan V W. Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block in infants, children and adolescents: a simple procedural guidance for their performance. Paediatr Anaesth 2009;19:296-299
31. van Geffen GJ, Moayeri N, Bruhn J, Scheffer GJ, Chan VW, Groen GJ. Correlation between ultrasound imaging, cross-sectional anatomy, and histology of the brachial plexus: a review. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:490-7

Book Chapters

1. Brull R, Prasad GA, Chan VWS. Regional Anesthesia for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Is It Worth the Effort? In Wright JG, ed. Evidence Based Orthopaedics- The Best Answers to Clinical Questions. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, p. 521-534, 2009
2. Crews J, Chan VWS. Perioperative Management of Patients and Equipment Selection for Neural Blockade. In Cousins M, ed. Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p.160-180, 2009
3. Peng PWH, Antolak SJ, Gordon AS. Pudnedal Neuralgia. In: Goldstein I, Pukall C, Goldstein A (Ed). Female Sexual Pain Disorders: Evaluation and Management, Page 112-118; 1st ed. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, Oxford UK 2009

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2008 [Link to Pub]

1. Brull R, Wijayatilake DS, Perlas A, Chan VW, Abbas S, Liguori GA, Hargett MJ, El Beheiry H: Practice patterns related to block selection, nerve localization and risk disclosure: a survey of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 395-403
2. Chin KJ, Chan V: Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2008; 21: 624-31
3. Chin KJ, Niazi A, Chan V: Anomalous brachial plexus anatomy in the supraclavicular region detected by ultrasound. Anesth Analg 2008; 107: 729-31
4. Duggan E, Brull R, Lai J, Abbas S: Ultrasound-guided brachial plexus block in a patient with multiple glomangiomatosis. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 70-3
5. Gagliese L, Gauthier LR, Macpherson AK, Jovellanos M, Chan VW: Correlates of postoperative pain and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia use in younger and older surgical patients. Pain Med 2008; 9: 299-314
6. Lo N, Brull R, Perlas A, Chan VW, McCartney CJ, Sacco R, El Beheiry H: Evolution of ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus blockade: retrospective analysis of 662 blocks. Can J Anaesth 2008; 55: 408-13
7. Lynch ME, Campbell F, Clark AJ, Dunbar MJ, Goldstein D, Peng P, Stinson J, Tupper H: A systematic review of the effect of waiting for treatment for chronic pain. Pain 2008; 136: 97-116
8. Lynch ME, Campbell F, Clark AJ, Dunbar MJ, Goldstein D, Peng P, Stinson J, Tupper H: A systematic review of the effect of waiting for treatment for chronic pain. Pain 2008; 136: 97-116
9. Macfarlane AJ, Brull R: Continuous interscalene block for open shoulder surgery. Anesth Analg 2008; 107: 726-7
10. Macfarlane AJ, Perlas A, Chan V, Brull R: Eight ball, corner pocket ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block: avoiding a scratch. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 502-3
11. Peng P, Tumber P, Stafford M, Gourlay D, Wong P, Galonski M, Evans D, Gordon A: Experience of Methadone Therapy in 100 Consecutive Chronic Pain Patients in a Multidisciplinary Pain Center. Pain Med 2008
12. Peng PW, Tumber PS: Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures for patients with chronic pelvic pain - a description of techniques and review of literature. Pain Physician 2008; 11: 215-24
13. Peng PW, Farb R: Spontaneous C1-2 CSF leak treated with high cervical epidural blood patch. Can J Neurol Sci 2008; 35: 102-5
14. Perlas A, Brull R, Chan VW, McCartney CJ, Nuica A, Abbas S: Ultrasound guidance improves the success of sciatic nerve block at the popliteal fossa. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 259-65
15. Rofaeel A, Peng P, Louis I, Chan V: Feasibility of real-time ultrasound for pudendal nerve block in patients with chronic perineal pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 139-4
16. Soares LG, Brull R, Chan VW: Teaching an old block a new trick: ultrasound-guided posterior tibial nerve block. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008; 52: 446-7
17. Tumber PS, Bhatia A, Chan VW: Ultrasound-guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block for meralgia paresthetica. Anesth Analg 2008; 106: 1021-2

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2007 [Link to Pub]

1. Abbas S, Brull R: Ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block: description of a new approach at the subgluteal space. Br J Anaesth 2007; 99: 445-6
2. Assmann N, McCartney CJ, Tumber PS, Chan VW: Ultrasound guidance for brachial plexus localization and catheter insertion after complete forearm amputation. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 93
3. Brull R, McCartney CJ, Chan VW, Liguori GA, Hargett MJ, Xu D, Abbas S, El Beheiry H: Disclosure of risks associated with regional anesthesia: a survey of academic regional anesthesiologists. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 7-11
4. Brull R, McCartney CJ, Chan VW, El Beheiry H: Neurological complications after regional anesthesia: contemporary estimates of risk. Anesth Analg 2007; 104: 965-74
5. Brull R, Chan VW, McCartney CJ, Perlas A, Xu D: Ultrasound detects intraneural injection. Anesthesiology 2007; 106: 1244
6. Brull R, Perlas A, Chan VW: Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2007; 11: 25-32
7. Chan VW, Brull R, McCartney CJ, Xu D, Abbas S, Shannon P: An ultrasonographic and histological study of intraneural injection and electrical stimulation in pigs. Anesth Analg 2007; 104: 1281-4
8. Chan VW, Perlas A, McCartney CJ, Brull R, Xu D, Abbas S: Ultrasound guidance improves success rate of axillary brachial plexus block. Can J Anaesth 2007; 54: 176-82
9. Ladak SS, Chan VW, Easty T, Chagpar A: Right medication, right dose, right patient, right time, and right route: how do we select the right patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device? Pain Manag Nurs 2007; 8: 140-5
10. Lam E, Lee M, Brull R, Wong DT: Effect of anesthesia consultation on patients' preoperative concerns. Can J Anaesth 2007; 54: 852-3
11. Lynch ME, Campbell FA, Clark AJ, Dunbar MJ, Goldstein D, Peng P, Stinson J, Tupper H: Waiting for treatment for chronic pain - a survey of existing benchmarks: toward establishing evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable waiting times. Pain Res Manag 2007; 12: 245-8
12. Marhofer P, Chan VW: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: current concepts and future trends. Anesth Analg 2007; 104: 1265-9, tables
13. McCartney CJ, Xu D, Constantinescu C, Abbas S, Chan VW: Ultrasound examination of peripheral nerves in the forearm. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 434-9
14. Moulin DE, Clark AJ, Gilron I, Ware MA, Watson CP, Sessle BJ, Coderre T, Morley-Forster PK, Stinson J, Boulanger A, Peng P, Finley GA, Taenzer P, Squire P, Dion D, Cholkan A, Gilani A, Gordon A, Henry J, Jovey R, Lynch M, Mailis-Gagnon A, Panju A, Rollman GB, Velly A: Pharmacological management of chronic neuropathic pain - consensus statement and guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society. Pain Res Manag 2007; 12: 13-21
15. Naik VN, Perlas A, Chandra DB, Chung DY, Chan VW: An assessment tool for brachial plexus regional anesthesia performance: establishing construct validity and reliability. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 41-5
16. Peng P, Stinson JN, Choiniere M, Dion D, Intrater H, Lefort S, Lynch M, Ong M, Rashiq S, Tkachuk G, Veillette Y: Dedicated multidisciplinary pain management centres for children in Canada: the current status. Can J Anaesth 2007; 54: 985-91
17. Peng P, Choiniere M, Dion D, Intrater H, Lefort S, Lynch M, Ong M, Rashiq S, Tkachuk G, Veillette Y: Challenges in accessing multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities in Canada. Can J Anaesth 2007; 54: 977-84
18. Peng PW, Fedoroff I, Jacques L, Kumar K: Survey of the practice of spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal analgesic delivery implants for management of pain in Canada. Pain Res Manag 2007; 12: 281-5
19. Peng PW, Wijeysundera DN, Li CC: Use of gabapentin for perioperative pain control -- a meta-analysis. Pain Res Manag 2007; 12: 85-92
20. Saboory E, Derchansky M, Ismaili M, Jahromi SS, Brull R, Carlen PL, El Beheiry H: Mechanisms of morphine enhancement of spontaneous seizure activity. Anesth Analg 2007; 105: 1729-35
21. Sites BD, Brull R, Chan VW, Spence BC, Gallagher J, Beach ML, Sites VR, Abbas S, Hartman GS: Artifacts and pitfall errors associated with ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Part II: a pictorial approach to understanding and avoidance. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 419-33
22. Sites BD, Brull R, Chan VW, Spence BC, Gallagher J, Beach ML, Sites VR, Hartman GS: Artifacts and pitfall errors associated with ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Part I: understanding the basic principles of ultrasound physics and machine operations. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 412-8
23. Soares LG, Brull R, Lai J, Chan VW: Eight ball, corner pocket: the optimal needle position for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 94-5
24. Soares LG, Chan VW: The rationale for a multimodal approach in the management of breakthrough cancer pain: a review. Am.J.Hosp.Palliat.Care 2007; 24: 430-9
25. Stafford MA, Peng P, Hill DA: Sciatica: a review of history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and the role of epidural steroid injection in management. Br J Anaesth 2007; 99: 461-73
26. Van Geffen GJ, McCartney CJ, Gielen M, Chan VW: Ultrasound as the only nerve localization technique for peripheral nerve block. J Clin Anesth 2007; 19: 381-5

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2006 [Link to Pub]

1. Brull R, Yadeau JT, Lipnitsky JY, Liguori GA, Mackenzie CR: A preadmission telephone call to initiate the consent process for clinical anesthesia research. HSS J 2006; 2: 42-8
2. Chan VW, Nova H, Abbas S, McCartney CJ, Perlas A, Xu DQ: Ultrasound examination and localization of the sciatic nerve: a volunteer study. Anesthesiology 2006; 104: 309-14
3. Friedman Z, Katznelson R, Devito I, Siddiqui M, Chan V: Objective assessment of manual skills and proficiency in performing epidural anesthesia--video-assisted validation. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006; 31: 304-10
4. Perlas A, Niazi A, McCartney C, Chan V, Xu D, Abbas S: The sensitivity of motor response to nerve stimulation and paresthesia for nerve localization as evaluated by ultrasound. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006; 31: 445-50
5. Sites BD, Brull R: Ultrasound guidance in peripheral regional anesthesia: philosophy, evidence-based medicine, and techniques. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2006; 19: 630-9