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Ultrasonographic evaluation of neck hematoma and block salvage after failed neurostimulation-guided interscalene
Stephen M Howell1, M W Todd Unger, James D Colson
1Department of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, One Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506-9134, USA. howells2@wvuh.com
Abstract:
Ultrasound-guided regional anesthetic techniques have shown some advantages over conventional paresthesia and neurostimulation techniques. We report the case of a neurostimulation-guided continuous interscalene block that would have ended in complication were it not for experience with ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Familiarity with ultrasound-guided block techniques permitted assessment of a neck hematoma during interscalene block and ultimately allowed successful peripheral nerve block.
