• Peter Fu, Paul D Weyker, and Christopher A J Webb.
• From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; †Department of Anesthesiology, Divisions of Pain Medicine and Critical Care, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; and ‡Staff Anesthesiologist at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, California; Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
• A A Case Rep. 2017 Mar 15; 8 (6): 132-135.

AbstractWe placed a superficial serratus anterior plane catheter in an elderly woman with dementia and elevated clotting times who presented with multiple rib fractures after a mechanical fall. She was not a surgical candidate, and treatment consisted of conservative management with physical therapy and pain control. She was not a candidate for a patient-controlled analgesia regimen because of her dementia. Given her elevated international normalized ratio, thoracic epidural and paravertebral analgesia was also contraindicated. We placed an ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane catheter, allowing titratable continuous infusion in a trauma patient, resulting in excellent analgesia without adverse effects.

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