Open AccessUltrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block to Treat Accidental Injection of Propofol in an Anomalous Radial Artery
Author(s) -
Sana Hussain,
Arijit Sardar,
Dhruv Jain,
Lokesh Kashyap
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anestezi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2687-2242
pISSN - 1300-0578
DOI - 10.5222/jarss.2021.29290
Subject(s) - propofol , medicine , radial artery , gangrene , anesthesia , blood flow , artery , stellate ganglion , ultrasound , ischemia , surgery , radiology , cardiology , alternative medicine , pathology
Intra-arterial drug administration is a rare but potentially dreadful condition which can result in ischemia and gangrene of the hand. In the present case we accidentally injected propofol in an anomalous radial artery during anesthesia induction. Serial ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion blocks were applied to salvage the limb of the patient by promoting arterial blood flow. This is probably the first reported case of accidental intra-arterial injection of propofol being managed with stellate ganglion block.