Pseudoaneurysm after interscalene block for a rotator cuff repair.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case of a 68-year-old female patient who had an interscalene nerve block (ISB) complicated by compression of her brachial plexus by a pseudoaneurysm. The complication occurred after the patient received an ISB as anesthesia for an outpatient shoulder procedure. Review of this complication should alert surgeons to consider this diagnosis as a possibility in patients with postoperative pain and/or neurologic compromise after receiving an ISB.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Axillary Artery
- Brachial Plexus Neuropathies
- Nerve Block
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
- Rotator Cuff
Anatomy
- shoulder