Post operative pain management in shoulder surgery Suprascapular and axillary nerve block by arthroscope assisted catheter placement

Basat H. C., Ucar D. H., ARMANGİL M., Guclu B., Demirts M.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS, vol.50, no.6, pp.584-589, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.4103/0019-5413.193474
  • Journal Name: INDIAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.584-589
  • Keywords: Pain, rotator cuff rupture, shoulder arthroscopy, suprascapular nerve block and axillary nerve block, INTERSCALENE BLOCK, POSTOPERATIVE PAIN, JOINT CAPSULE, BUPIVACAINE, ANESTHESIA, MORPHINE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Postoperative pain management is the part of shoulder surgery to improve patient satisfaction, start rehabilitation process rapidly and decrease for hospital stay. Various treatment modalities have been used for pain management, but they have some limitations, side effects and risks. Throughout intraoperative and postoperative period, nerve blocks have been used more popularly than others because of efficacy. For the regional nerve block, local anesthetic should be infiltrated close to the nerve for maximum effect. Consequently, aim of this study was to evaluate analgesic efficacy when catheters are placed with assistance of arthroscope to block suprascapular and axillary nerves in patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff under general anesthesia.