Anestesia de nervos cutâneos no membro torácico de gatos domésticos.

Abstract

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.