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Case Reports
. 2006 Nov;61(11):1105-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04757.x.

Total spinal anaesthesia after an attempted brachial plexus block using the posterior approach

J M Grefkens  1 , K Bürger
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Total spinal anaesthesia after an attempted brachial plexus block using the posterior approach

J M Grefkens et al. Anaesthesia. 2006 Nov.
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Abstract

A 66-year-old patient scheduled for elective shoulder surgery underwent a brachial plexus block using the posterior approach. Shortly after injection of the local anaesthetic, he rapidly became unresponsive and apnoeic. We identify the possible reasons for this occurrence and discuss the place of the posterior approach in brachial plexus anaesthesia.

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