SILVA, S. F. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9911403031533033; SILVA, Siomara Fábia Ferreira da.
Resumen:
The interest and concern to provide greater comfort and safety during clinical-surgical
procedures in domestic cats, lead to board new studies and new techniques, which local
anesthetics are used in performing clinical procedures, without request sedation or general
anestesia. The aim of this study was to identify, describe and perform the local of cutaneous
nerves block of the forelimb region in domestics cats. Were used twenty animals, 10 of which
were obtained from the Sector of the Animal Pathology/UFCG to perform the dissection and
identification of the cutaneous nerves, as well as blocking points of these nerves, and 10 of
residentes owners of the city of Patos-PB for application of tests for the cutaneous nerves
block of the brachial plexus. In the local block technique was used 2% lidocaine, by
administration 0,2 ml at each point. In our studies it was concluded that the cutaneous
innervation of the forelimb in your region antebrachial nerves is made by the superficial
branch of the radial nerve and its branch lateral antebrachial, and the antebrachial medial
branch. Blocking these nerves was successful with an average lock for the superficial branch
of the radial nerve of 30 minutes, for the lateral of 40 minutes and for the medial of 20
minutes.