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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb;66(2):146-148.
doi: 10.4103/ija.ija_880_21. Epub 2022 Feb 24.

Cervical rib: A barrier to supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Pallavi Pai  1 , Sandeep M Diwan  1 , Parag K Sancheti  2
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Cervical rib: A barrier to supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Pallavi Pai et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2022 Feb.
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Figure 1
(a): Ultrasound image showing the right supraclavicular scan with the orientation marker laterally. The dotted line shows the proposed needle trajectory for a supraclavicular block. SCA = Subclavian artery; CP = Corner pocket; Yellow arrows = depict brachial plexus elements; A-Needle path (b): Neck X-ray depicting the non-ossified cervical rib on the right side. (c): Ultrasound image of the left supraclavicular fossa with orientation marker laterally. CP = Corner pocket; sca = Subclavian artery; Yellow arrows = Upper and middle trunks and divisions of brachial plexus. (d): X-ray depicting left-sided cervical rib. (e): Ultrasound image of the left supraclavicular area with orientation marker laterally. CP = Corner pocket; SCA = Subclavian artery; Yellow arrows = Upper and middle trunks and divisions of the brachial plexus. (f): X-ray depicting left-sided cervical rib
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