Open AccessUltrasound‐guided sciatic nerve catheter placement in a patient with Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease
Author(s) -
Mathers Jonathan,
Li Melinda,
Hamdy Ahmed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
anaesthesia cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2396-8397
DOI - 10.21466/ac.usncpia.2015
Subject(s) - medicine , tooth disease , sciatic nerve , context (archaeology) , surgery , peripheral neuropathy , catheter , anesthesia , disease , pathology , biology , paleontology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Summary Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth is the commonest inherited peripheral neuropathy but the reported use of perineural infusions is limited. Use of a nerve stimulator has been questioned in the context of preexisting motor neuropathy. We describe the use of ultrasound to enable safe placement of a distal sciatic perineural catheter for postoperative pain control following ankle arthroplasty.