Der Knoten im axill�ren Plexus-brachialis-Katheter

Abstract

For the repair of an open injury to the hand, a continuous axillary block was performed in a 40- year-old male patient. Slight resistance was experienced during advancement of the catheter. Adequate surgical anaesthesia developed after the injection of 40 ml of a bupivacaine/prilocaine mixture. For postoperative analgesia an infusion of bupivacaine 0.25% was started. Three days later the removal of the catheter proved to be difficult due to a knot in the distal part of the catheter. This seems to be the first report of a knot in a catheter used for continuous axillary plexus block.

Intracorporeal knotting of a femoral nerve catheter

“…In total, the knotting of peripheral nerve catheters is a relatively uncommon phenomenon, occurring in 0.13% of patients [ 8 ], [ 9 ], [ 10 ]. In our opinion, two aspects warrant further discussion, i.e.…”