Suprascapular Nerve Block

Rahul Rastogi; Justin Wikle

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-11188-4_51

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Suprascapular Nerve Block

Rahul Rastogi and Justin Wikle

Bedside Pain Management Interventions, pp.511-519

Springer International Publishing

11/24/2022

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11188-4_51

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Abstract

Suprascapular nerve block is an easy to perform, well-tolerated, and safe technique for providing relief from various types of shoulder pain, including postoperative pain, osteoarthritis, other degenerative or inflammatory arthropathies of the acromioclavicular or glenohumeral humeral joints, adhesive capsulitis, hemiplegic shoulder pain, cancer, injury, entrapment neuropathies and some other conditions presenting with shoulder pain. It can be performed at the bedside. There are a few different approaches to the suprascapular nerve blockade. In this chapter, we will discuss indications, contraindications, precautions, and different techniques of suprascapular nerve block.

Bedside interventions

Shoulder pain

Suprascapular nerve

Ultrasound guidance

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Title: Subtitle: Suprascapular Nerve Block
Creators: Rahul Rastogi
Justin Wikle
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Bedside Pain Management Interventions, pp.511-519
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11188-4_51
Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Cham
Language: English
Date published: 11/24/2022
Academic Unit: Anesthesia
Record Identifier: 9984320079302771

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