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Surgical Nerve Block

Surgical Nerve Block

Two weeks ago I had Thumb Trapezial Resection.  The doctor ordered a nerve block for the pain after surgery.  After surgery I had extreme pain in my hand.  The anesthesiologist came in to check on my nerve block.  I could still move my little finger so he gave me pain meds in the IV.  Should nerve blocks work 100% or could this have been an error on the anesthesiologists part ?  The next day, the pain was so severe that I had to spend the night in the hospital and get morphine thru an IV.  I had a nerve block once before for elbow surgery and it worked perfectly. I hope you can give me some idea of the success rate of nerve blocks.

Thank you
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