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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2009
Case ReportsPost-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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