Continuous brachial plexus infusion of butorphanol-mepivacaine mixtures for analgesia after upper extremity surgery

Myoclonus of ipsilateral upper extremity after ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block with mepivacaine

Thoracic Epidural Plus Continuous Brachial Plexus Analgesia for Pediatric Reconstructive Surgery: A Case Report

We present a case of an 11-years old child who underwent several plastic procedures for massive skin necrosis of the right forearm. Pain control was achieved combining a thoracic epidural and a continuous brachial plexus block. The patient was successfully weaned from chronic opiates. Possible advantages (i.e. improved graft perfusion, speeded opiates weaning) and disadvantages (i.e. local anes...

Upper extremity kinematics analysis in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy.

INTRODUCTION Several recent studies demonstrate that upper extremities kinematics analysis is in increasing use to assist clinical practice. We describe an upper limb kinematics analysis protocol that was first applied to a group of healthy children (to obtain normative data), and subsequently, to a child presenting with obstetrical brachial plexus palsy (OBPP) before and after surgical treatme...

Bilateral Brachial Plexus Home Going Catheters After Digital Amputation for Patient With Upper Extremity Digital Gangrene

UNLABELLED Peripheral nerve catheter placement is used to control surgical pain. Performing bilateral brachial plexus block with catheters is not frequently performed; and in our case sending patient home with bilateral brachial plexus catheters has not been reported up to our knowledge. Our patient is a 57 years old male patient presented with bilateral upper extremity digital gangrene on digi...

The Effects of Postoperative Brachial Plexus Block Using MgSO4 on the Postoperative Pain after Upper Extremity Surgery

BACKGROUND Although a brachial plexus block can be used to provide anesthesia and analgesia for upper extremity surgery, its effects using MgSO(4) on postoperative pain management have not been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate brachial plexus block using MgSO(4) on postoperative analgesia. METHODS Thirty-eight patients who were scheduled to undergo upper extremity surgery were ...