The Use of a “Reverse” Axis (Axillary-Interscalene) Block in a Patient Presenting with Fractures of the Left Shoulder and Elbow

A patient presented for surgery to repair a fractured left shoulder and elbow and requested regional anesthesia. Most upper extremity operations require a single brachial plexus nerve block. The position of the two fractures however required the use of two separate approaches, an interscalene and an...

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Published inAnesthesia and analgesia Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 1618 - 1620
Main Authors Brown, Anthony R, Parker, G C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hagerstown, MD International Anesthesia Research Society 01.12.2001
Lippincott
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Brachial Plexus
Elbow - injuries
Elbow - surgery
Female
Humans
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Medical sciences
Nerve Block - methods
Shoulder Fractures - complications
Shoulder Fractures - surgery
Ulna Fractures - complications
Ulna Fractures - surgery
Human
Brachial plexus
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Blocking
Fracture
Trauma
Case study
Regional anesthesia
Orthopedic surgery
Shoulder
Axilla
Surgical approach
Technique
Elbow
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Summary:A patient presented for surgery to repair a fractured left shoulder and elbow and requested regional anesthesia. Most upper extremity operations require a single brachial plexus nerve block. The position of the two fractures however required the use of two separate approaches, an interscalene and an axillary approach.
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ISSN:0003-2999
1526-7598
DOI:10.1097/00000539-200112000-00060