Home ยป About Us

Publications

Selected Reference List (2006-2008)

 

2008

  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

2007

  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

2006

  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