• Pain Med · Sep 2009

    Case Reports

    Direct placement of a brachial plexus neural catheter for analgesia after traumatic upper limb amputation.

    • Jeremy Granville-Chapman, Mike Tennant, Dominic Aldington, Steven Rhodes Smith, and David Malcolm Nott.
    • Frimley Park Hospital-- Tramua and Orthopaedics, Camberley, UK. jgchapman@doctors.org.uk
    • Pain Med. 2009 Sep 1;10(6):1132-5.

    AbstractWe report a case of traumatic upper limb injury that resulted in above elbow amputation. A multimodal approach was employed to optimize postoperative analgesia; this included continuous peripheral nerve blockade, initiated intraoperatively. Surgical access onto the axillary artery for proximal vascular control allowed placement of the nerve catheter under direct vision onto the brachial plexus. The pathophysiology of phantom pain is related to our case experience. This report highlights the complex challenge of controlling pain in combat casualties and promotes employment of multimodal analgesic strategies, including advanced regional anesthesia, in the military setting.

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