• Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2002

    Case Reports

    Shearing of a peripheral nerve catheter.

    • Bernard H S Lee and C Roger Goucke.
    • Departments of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2002 Sep 1;95(3):760-1, table of contents.

    ImplicationsWe report a previously undescribed complication of peripheral nerve catheter placement. The catheter was sheared when its stylet was removed with the placement needle still in the tissues. The lost distal fragment was identified with computed tomography scanning.

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