Ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block in a pediatric patient with acute hepatitis -A case report-.
The interscalene brachial plexus block is not commonly used in pediatric regional anesthesia. The increasing popularity of ultrasound has allowed more anesthesiologists to perform regional anesthesia with high success rates in pediatric patients with the direct visualization of the target nerve and spread of local anesthetics. We present a case of interscalene brachial plexus block under ultrasound guidance in a 17-month-old child with acute drug-induced hepatitis who required fixation of a fracture of the lateral humeral condyle.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.
Joon-Ho
JH
Lee
Young-Rok
YR
Kim
Ho-Kyung
HK
Yu
Sung-Hwan
SH
Cho
Sang-Hyun
SH
Kim
Won Seok
WS
Chae