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Clinical Trial
[The modified technique of continuous suprascapular nerve block. A safe technique in the treatment of shoulder pain].
- G Meier, C Bauereis, and H Maurer.
- Abteilung für Anästhesie und Schmerztherapie, Rheumazentrum Oberammergau, Germany. gmeier@wz-kliniken.de
- Anaesthesist. 2002 Sep 1;51(9):747-53.
AbstractThis study assesses a modified approach for suprascapular nerve block in a single shot and continuous catheter technique for the treatment of chronic shoulder pain. After thorough anatomic examinations, a new technique was performed in 30 patients by inserting the catheter into the suprascapular fossa. Complications of the technique, time of onset, effect and patient satisfaction were evaluated. The results show that there were no complications due to the technique and only one patient had a minor VAS score during physiotherapeutic exercise. Local inflammation occurred in one patient and dislocation of the catheter in another patients. Patient satisfaction (97%) was very high. The modified technique of continuous suprascapular nerve block is a safe and easy-to-perform technique in the treatment of acute and chronic shoulder pain.
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