ly, harder than saying 'We used blocks, we avoided opioids, we gave
Zofran, so there shouldn't be a problem.'"
See your way clear
Ultrasound imaging effectively complements multimodal techniques,
and it's better than you may remember, says Gary Lawson, MD, an anes-
thesiologist at the Adult & Children's Surgery Center of Southwest
Florida in Fort Myers. "The technology has improved compared to what
was available in the early 2000s or the 1990s, when many who are in
practice now were training," and when early limitations may have left
them reluctant to use the technology.
Ultrasound's advances, he says, are like "color TVs of the '80s versus
HD flat screens of today. Much better resolution." The devices are
