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Brachial plexus block
Author(s) -
MANARA A. R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb05323.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blockade , anesthesia , local anaesthetic , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , general anaesthesia , surgery , block (permutation group theory) , bupivacaine , receptor , geometry , mathematics
Summary A supraclavicular brachial plexus block was performed which resulted in unilateral sensory and motor blockade of the thoracic and abdominal walls. General anaesthesia was therefore used and postoperatively it was noticed that analgesia of the upper limb had developed. It is likely that the blockade resulted from an intrapleural injection of local anaesthetic.