title: The ultrasound-guided supraclavicular-interscalene (UGSCIS) block: a case report.
abstract: Providing complete anesthesia to the entire upper extremity remains challenging. We present the use of a novel, updated, regional anesthetic technique-an ultrasound-guided supraclavicular-interscalene block (UGSCIS)-to provide anesthesia and analgesia to a patient with end-stage liver disease who required fixation of a pathologic fracture of the humerus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Oren T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Soffer
authors.forename: Meg A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D001917:Brachial Plexus; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000601:surgery; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D007267:Injections; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008619:Mepivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008619:Mepivacaine