GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW
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GMS Interdiscip Plast Reconstr Surg DGPW · Jan 2015
Intracorporeal knotting of a femoral nerve catheter.
Peripheral nerve catheters are effective and well-established tools to provide postoperative analgesia to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. The performance of these techniques is usually considered safe. However, placement of nerve catheters may be associated with a considerable number of side effects and major complications have repeatedly been published. ⋯ The catheter had to be removed by operative intervention which has to be considered a major complication. The postoperative course was uneventful. The principles for removal of entrapped peripheral catheters are not well established, may differ from those for neuroaxial catheters, and range from cautious manipulation up to surgical intervention.