Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers
Regional anaesthesia is challenging in surgical patients with anatomical abnormalities. Patients who have undergone total laryngectomy have a permanent tracheostomy, and these individuals are termed as neck breathers. These patients have distorted anatomy due to radiation and chemotherapy. We are re...
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| author | Pujari S. Vinayak Madabushi K. Rajashree Bevinaguddaiah Yatish Iyer S. Sadasivan |
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| description | Regional anaesthesia is challenging in surgical patients with anatomical abnormalities. Patients who have undergone total laryngectomy have a permanent tracheostomy, and these individuals are termed as neck breathers. These patients have distorted anatomy due to radiation and chemotherapy. We are report the successful management of a neck breather with distorted neck anatomy for surgery of the arm with an ultrasound guided interscalene block. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d2b7b2b3b5a4b779b76e1d9b65e6ffb2022-12-21T23:41:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEgyptian Journal of Anaesthesia1110-18492014-10-0130442342510.1016/j.egja.2014.06.003Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathersPujari S. VinayakMadabushi K. RajashreeBevinaguddaiah YatishIyer S. SadasivanRegional anaesthesia is challenging in surgical patients with anatomical abnormalities. Patients who have undergone total laryngectomy have a permanent tracheostomy, and these individuals are termed as neck breathers. These patients have distorted anatomy due to radiation and chemotherapy. We are report the successful management of a neck breather with distorted neck anatomy for surgery of the arm with an ultrasound guided interscalene block.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184914000658LaryngectomyUltrasoundInterscalene block |
| spellingShingle | Pujari S. Vinayak Madabushi K. Rajashree Bevinaguddaiah Yatish Iyer S. Sadasivan Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia Laryngectomy Ultrasound Interscalene block |
| title | Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| title_full | Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| title_short | Ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| title_sort | ultrasound guided interscalene block is a safe technique in neck breathers |
| topic | Laryngectomy Ultrasound Interscalene block |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184914000658 |
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