Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2004
Biography Historical ArticleLabat Lecture 2004: Regional anesthesia risks--from Labat to tort reform.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2004
Diaphragmatic excursion and respiratory function after the modified Raj technique of the infraclavicular plexus block.
The effects of the infraclavicular plexus block using the modified Raj approach on diaphragm and respiratory function have not been investigated. ⋯ Infraclavicular block using the modified Raj technique did not interfere with diaphragmatic excursion or respiratory function.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2004
Case ReportsAn unusual case of painful phantom-limb sensations during regional anesthesia.
The objective of this article is to describe a late-onset phantom-limb pain during a continuous analgesic popliteal nerve block after foot surgery and its alleviation and recurrence when stopping and resuming the local anesthetic infusion. ⋯ This observation suggests that phantom-limb pain can be of late-onset and might occur during a continuous infusion of low-concentration local anesthetic responsible only for an analgesic block, as shown by the fact that only thermal and pinprick sensations, known to depend on Adelta-fibers and C-fibers, were altered. Therefore, this case contradicts the usual belief that a profound block is necessary to elicit phantom-limb pain.