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The injection for a brachial plexus block is in the. side of your neck, or in your armpit, or close to your collar bone. Other. nerves can be blocked near the elbow, or in the forearm, wrist or hand. Sedation is commonly given before the injection is done.
A nerve block is the injection of a local anaesthetic agent with. or without (+/-) steroid into the area around the nerve. The. injection has two functions firstly; local anaesthetic injected. into the area around the pain affecting nerve transmission. This. allows the nerve transmission system to reset itself.