Ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia and the common classification of medical acts by the social security

Ultrasound imaging is a major technological advance in the practice of regional anesthesia. For the social security, their rationale relies on the concept of a global medical act i.e., each medical act is worked out, in order to describe the realized medical act totally. At present the social security uses this concept to prevent the anesthetists from quoting a supplementary ultrasound act. In this article we discuss the legitimacy of quoting ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. (C) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.