The use of a "reverse" axis (axillary-interscalene) block in a patient presenting with fractures of the left shoulder and elbow

Anesth Analg. 2001 Dec;93(6):1618-20, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200112000-00060.

Abstract

A patient presented for surgery to repair a fractured left shoulder and elbow and requested regional anesthesia. Most upper extremity operations require a single brachial plexus nerve block. The position of the two fractures however required the use of two separate approaches, an interscalene and an axillary approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brachial Plexus
  • Elbow / surgery
  • Elbow Injuries*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nerve Block* / methods
  • Shoulder Fractures / complications
  • Shoulder Fractures / surgery*
  • Ulna Fractures / complications
  • Ulna Fractures / surgery*