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Continuous infraclavicular brachial plexus block in a child
Author(s) -
FISHER PHOEBE,
WILSON SAMUEL E.,
BROWN MELINDA,
DITUNNO THERESA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01872.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , geometry , mathematics
Summary Continuous regional anesthesia for both intra‐ and postoperative use in adults is becoming more common. As with many new anesthesia techniques, however, there is often a lag time before the same techniques are utilized in children. Our patient was a 10‐year‐old child requiring reoperation on her fifth digit with planned 48‐h admission for range of motion exercises. We wanted to have a continuous regional blockade to control the patient's pain during the postoperative manipulations of the digit. A search of the literature from the last 10 years did not show any reports of the placements of a continuous brachial plexus block in children. In this case report, we present the successful placement and use of a continuous infraclavicular catheter in a child undergoing upper extremity surgery.