title: Ultrasound observation of tissue fluid infiltration causing stridor in a woman undergoing shoulder arthroscopy.
abstract: Respiratory stridor developed rapidly during an interscalene brachial plexus block for shoulder arthroscopy in an obese woman. Extensive cervicothoracic edema due to tissue diffusion of the arthroscopic fluid was suspected. The outcome of patient after conservative management was satisfactory. We give a brief review of how this complication develops, the ultrasound findings, and briefly discuss similar cases.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia. errando013@gmail.com
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Errando
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography