The development of projected complex sensations mimicking phantom pain after interscalene block is reported. The recognition of this entity is important because it may be confused with some other cardiac, esophageal, or visceral pathologies.
Mattias Casutt, Georgios Ekatodramis, Konrad Maurer, and Alain Borgeat.
Department of Anesthesiology, Orthopedic University Clinic Zurich/Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland.
Anesth. Analg. 2002 May 1; 94 (5): 1270-1, table of contents.
ImplicationsThe development of projected complex sensations mimicking phantom pain after interscalene block is reported. The recognition of this entity is important because it may be confused with some other cardiac, esophageal, or visceral pathologies.