CONTINUOUS PAIN RELIEF FOR MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS

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1 September 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 53 (9) , 989-991
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/53.9.989

Abstract

A technique for multiple intercostal nerve blocks using one intercostal injection is described. An indwelling catheter was placed in the intercostal space with the aid of a Tuohy needle. Injection through the catheter was used to obtain continuous analgesia extending over several intercostal segments in a patient with multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords

PAIN
RIB FRACTURES
PAIN MANAGEMENT
ANALGESIA (PAIN ABSENCE)
CATHETERS
LOCAL ANESTHETIC INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK
INTERCOSTAL SPACE
INDWELLING CATHETER
NEEDLE DEVICE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

POSTERIOR INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK FOR PAIN RELIEF AFTER CHOLECYSTECTOMY
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1980