Shoulder pain due to suprascapular nerve compression during general anesthesia.
Suprascapular nerve entrapment is an uncommon but often under-recognized entity caused by a variety of mechanisms and injuries to the shoulder area. The case presented is of a patient with neuropathy after a bilateral hernia repair. This is a previously undocumented association not closely adhering to the usually proposed mechanisms of injury. These mechanisms and the diagnosis and treatment of suprascapular nerve compression are reviewed.
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Sections of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and of Comprehensive Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans.
Rosenbloom
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Fontenot
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Chappuis
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