A Rare Complication of a TAP Block Performed after Caesarean Delivery

The transversus abdominis plane block is a regional anesthesia technique that has become popular. Being a relatively simple procedure, the TAP block has an excellent safety profile and major complications are rare. We present a case of transient femoral nerve palsy occurring after a TAP block with i...

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Autores principales: Salaria, Osman Nawazish, Kannan, Murlikrishna, Kerner, Bryan, Goldman, Howard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1072576
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author Salaria, Osman Nawazish
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description The transversus abdominis plane block is a regional anesthesia technique that has become popular. Being a relatively simple procedure, the TAP block has an excellent safety profile and major complications are rare. We present a case of transient femoral nerve palsy occurring after a TAP block with involvement of the sacral plexus for a patient who had undergone a caesarean section.
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spelling pubmed-56820552017-12-06 A Rare Complication of a TAP Block Performed after Caesarean Delivery Salaria, Osman Nawazish Kannan, Murlikrishna Kerner, Bryan Goldman, Howard Case Rep Anesthesiol Case Report The transversus abdominis plane block is a regional anesthesia technique that has become popular. Being a relatively simple procedure, the TAP block has an excellent safety profile and major complications are rare. We present a case of transient femoral nerve palsy occurring after a TAP block with involvement of the sacral plexus for a patient who had undergone a caesarean section. Hindawi 2017 2017-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5682055/ /pubmed/29214081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1072576 Text en Copyright © 2017 Osman Nawazish Salaria et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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