• Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2015

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    The Disposition of Radiocontrast in the Interscalene Space in Healthy Volunteers.

    • Philippe Gautier, Catherine Vandepitte, Isabelle Schaub, Kristof Fourneau, Maxine M Kuroda, Yvan De Merlier, and Admir Hadzic.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology, Clinique Ste Anne-St Remi, Brussels, Belgium; Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL), Genk, Belgium; Sint Jozefskliniek, Izegem, Belgium; NAICE (North American Institute for Continuous Education), New York, New York; Department of Radiology, Clinique Ste Anne-St Remi, Brussels, Belgium; and New York School of Regional Anesthesia, New York, New York.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2015 May 1; 120 (5): 1138-1141.

    BackgroundWe measured the spread of radiocontrast in the interscalene space after injection under low (<15 psi) and high (>20 psi) pressures.MethodsNine healthy volunteers received ultrasound-guided injections of 10 mL radio-opaque NaCl 0.9% in both interscalene spaces. Spread of injectate as assessed by computed tomography scan and discomfort on injection were recorded.ResultsUnder both opening pressure conditions, injectate contacted 3 brachial plexus roots and spilled over the surface of the anterior and/or middle scalene muscles underneath the cervical fascia.ConclusionsRegardless of injection pressure, the interscalene space was filled with 10 mL of radiocontrast injectate.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…