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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2002
Case ReportsSpinal anesthesia as a complication of brachial plexus block using the posterior approach.
- Majid Aramideh, Huub L A van den Oever, Gerard J Walstra, and Misa Dzoljic.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Anesth. Analg. 2002 May 1; 94 (5): 1338-9, table of contents.
ImplicationsIn 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 approach.
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