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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Bilateral Continuous Suprascapular Nerve Blocks for Bilateral Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
James M Flaherty1, David B Auyong, Neil A Hanson
1From the Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
Abstract:
We report a novel case of a patient undergoing a bilateral shoulder hemiarthroplasty for chronic bilateral shoulder dislocations with proximal humeral fractures. Bilateral selective suprascapular nerve catheters were placed preoperatively with the intent to provide continuous local anesthetic-based analgesia while sparing diaphragmatic function. Postoperative respiratory mechanics were relatively spared while numerical rating scale pain scores were suggestive of analgesic benefit.
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