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Types of regional anesthesia are: 1  Axillary Nerve Block â Local anesthetic is injected around the nerve that passes through the axilla (armpit) from the shoulder to the arm to numb the feeling in your arm and hand. Typically used for surgery of the elbow, forearm, wrist, or hand.
Peripheral nerve blocks can either be âsingle-injectionâ -- refers to one-time injection of local anesthetic to the target nerve for peri-operative analgesia and/or surgical anesthesia, or âcontinuousâ -- refers to the percutaneous insertion of a catheter directly adjacent to the target peripheral nerve(s).