Spinal Anesthesia as a Complication of Brachial Plexus Block Using the Posterior Approach
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 94 (5) , 1338-1339
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000539-200205000-00054
Abstract
IMPLICATIONS: In this case report we describe a technique used to provide local analgesia for surgical procedures. Although this technique has a reduced risk of complications, we present a patient who experienced a life-threatening paralysis without loss of consciousness during an attempted brachial plexus block with a posterior approacKeywords
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