• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2009

    Case Reports

    Post-thoracotomy Horner syndrome associated with extrapleural infusion of local anesthetic.

    • Keith M Blechman and Michael Zervos.
    • New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. keith.blechman@med.nyu.edu
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Aug 1;9(2):309-10.

    AbstractContinuous incisional infusion of local anesthetic through an extrapleural catheter to achieve an intercostal nerve block is a safe and effective adjunct to control postoperative pain after thoracotomy. Local and systemic complications are rare. Here we present a case of an acute, reversible, post-thoracotomy Horner syndrome associated with the use of local anesthetic infusion via an intraoperatively placed extrapleural catheter.

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