Journal article
Feasibility of Combining Nerve Stimulation and Local Anesthetic Infusion to Treat Acute Postamputation Pain: A Case Report of a Hybrid Technique
A&A practice, Vol.15(6), pp.e01487-e01487
06/08/2021
DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001487
PMID: 34100779
Abstract
Pain following amputation is often poorly controlled despite the use of nerve blocks. We describe a novel pain management approach in a 56-year-old woman with episodes of poorly controlled pain following below-knee amputation despite a multimodal analgesic regimen with continuous sciatic nerve block. Effective analgesia was observed during those episodes when the nerve block catheter was briefly stimulated at low frequency using a nerve stimulator designed for regional anesthesia procedural guidance. This case report explains the utilization and rationale of this hybrid technique of combined peripheral nerve stimulation and locoregional analgesia via perineural nerve block catheters to augment analgesia.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Feasibility of Combining Nerve Stimulation and Local Anesthetic Infusion to Treat Acute Postamputation Pain: A Case Report of a Hybrid Technique
- Creators
- Rakesh V Sondekoppam - University of IowaVivian Ip - University of AlbertaBan C H Tsui - Stanford University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- A&A practice, Vol.15(6), pp.e01487-e01487
- DOI
- 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001487
- PMID
- 34100779
- ISSN
- 2325-7237
- eISSN
- 2575-3126
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/08/2021
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984296152302771
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