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Prolonged hemidiaphragmatic paralysis following interscalene brachial plexus block.

Ediale KR, Myung CR, Neuman GG

Department of Anesthesiology, St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York, NY 10011, USA. kediale@svcmcny.org

We present a case of persistent phrenic nerve paralysis after a successful interscalene brachial plexus block. In addition, there was no observed diaphragmatic stimulation, and the patient underwent an uneventful early postoperative period. Warning signs of a complication were either missed or absent until several days after discharge from the ambulatory surgical unit.

Published 21 December 2004 in J Clin Anesth, 16(8): 573-5.
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