Continuous brachial plexus blockade. A technique that uses an axillary catheter to allow successful skin grafting.

Autor: Randalls B; Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Anaesthesia [Anaesthesia] 1990 Feb; Vol. 45 (2), pp. 143-4.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14282.x
Abstrakt: An 82-year-old woman sustained a full thickness burn of her hand. A technique for producing anaesthesia of the brachial plexus via an indwelling catheter is described. Confirmation of the catheter position was obtained by X ray. Bupivacaine was infused via the catheter after operation to produce immobilisation of the hand to ensure multiple skin grafts would take. Consequent with this goal was excellent postoperative analgesia.
Databáze: MEDLINE