Emergency Med Medical News about Traumatic Upper Limb Amputation; Brachial Plexus Neural Catheter

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. Use of Antiemetic Agents in Acute Gastroenteritis

3. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income

4. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors

5. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Direct Placement of a Brachial Plexus Neural Catheter for Analgesia after Traumatic Upper Limb Amputation
Pain Medicine, 06/03/09

Granville-Chapman J et al. - The authors report a case of traumatic upper limb injury that resulted in above elbow amputation. A multimodal approach was employed to optimize postoperative analgesia; this included continuous peripheral nerve blockade, initiated intraoperatively. Surgical access onto the axillary artery for proximal vascular control allowed placement of the nerve catheter under direct vision onto the brachial plexus. The pathophysiology of phantom pain is related to this case experience. This report highlights the complex challenge of controlling pain in combat casualties and promotes employment of multimodal analgesic strategies, including advanced regional anesthesia, in the military setting.

<< Previous
Endoscopic transantral repair of orbital floor fractures

Next >>
Outcomes of proximal femoral fractures in patients treated at...