Analgesia for pelvic limb surgery. A review of peripheral nerve blocks and the extradural technique.

Objectives: To describe the anatomy and approaches reported for peripheral nerve blockade (PNB) of the pelvic limb in dogs and cats and to consider the role of PNB in relation to the extradural technique.

Databases Used: This review was conducted using the terms 'nerve block', 'extradural' 'dog' and 'cat' entered into Pubmed and Google. Results were filtered manually to narrow the field to pelvic limb nerve blocks.