Severe brachial plexopathy after an ultrasound-guided single-injection nerve block for total shoulder arthroplasty in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-328

  Koff, Matthew D ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey A ^a   McIntyre, John J ^b   Carr, Charles F ^c   Sites, Brian D ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b Section of Neuroradiology

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER PAIN; TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 38549133783     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000299833.73804.cd     Document Type: Article

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