• A&A practice · Sep 2018

    Case Reports

    Treatment of Transradial Angiogram Catheter Entrapment by Axillary Artery Spasm With Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Case Report.

    • Ken Amitani, Satoru Tanioka, Mika Ishiyama, and Kazu Nishimura.
    • From the Departments of Anesthesia.
    • A A Pract. 2018 Sep 1; 11 (5): 131-133.

    AbstractWe present a 36-year-old female patient who underwent transradial cerebrovascular angiography because of acute putaminal hemorrhage. Catheter entrapment occurred with severe pain in the right upper arm proximal to the elbow. A subclavian artery angiogram by way of a transfemoral crossover catheter revealed severe vasospasm in the axillary artery distal to the branch point between it and the posterior brachial circumflex artery. Diazepam 5 mg intravenously (IV) through a peripheral catheter, lidocaine 0.5% 5 mL injected subcutaneously, and lidocaine 2% 4 mL IV isosorbide dinitrate 2 mg IV through the angiographic crossover catheter failed to relieve the pain and catheter entrapment. An ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block relieved both within 3 minutes. In the past, general anesthesia would have been administered.

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