Impact of Peripheral Nerve Block Technique on Incidence of Phrenic Nerve Palsy in Shoulder Surgery

Peripheral nerve blocks are an increasingly common method of providing postoperative analgesia for shoulder surgeries. However, the standard technique, the interscalene block (ISB), inevitably causes hemidiaphragmatic paresis (HDP), secondary to phrenic nerve palsy. This can cause morbidity in patie...

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Main Authors: Aaron S. Campbell, Christopher D. Johnson, Shaun O’Connor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9962595
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