• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2014

    Case Reports

    Pneumothorax After Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Block: Presenting Features, Risk, and Related Training.

    • Daniel J Abell and Michael J Barrington.
    • From the *Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne; and †Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2014 Mar 1;39(2):164-7.

    ObjectivePresenting features and estimate of risk of pneumothorax after ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block are discussed, along with related training strategies.Case ReportWe describe a case of a patient with pneumothorax after an ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block for hand surgery. The delayed onset of pain initially on the nonoperative side combined with the absence of respiratory symptoms delayed recognition of the pneumothorax.ConclusionsWe estimate the risk of pneumothorax to be 0.4 per 1000 after ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block. We recommend specific training strategies for needle visualization for this technique to reduce the risk of pneumothorax.

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