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Posterior parasagittal in-plane ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block-a case series

Beh ZY 1 , Hasan MS 2 , Lai HY 3 , Kassim NM 4 , Md Zin SR 5 , Chin KF 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. michaelbzy@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. shahnaz@ummc.edu.my
  • 3 Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. laihouyee@yahoo.com
  • 4 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. normadiah_mk@um.edu.my
  • 5 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. siti_rosmani@um.edu.my
  • 6 M.I.L.E.S Training Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. mdskfc@gmail.com
BMC Anesthesiol, 2015;15:105.
PMID: 26194896 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0090-0

Abstract

The brachial plexus at the infraclavicular level runs deeper compared to its course proximally, giving rise to impaired needle visualisation due to the steep angle of needle insertion with the current ultrasound-guided approach. A new posterior parasagittal in-plane ultrasound-guided infraclavicular approach was introduced to improve needle visibility. However no further follow up study was done.

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