TITLE:
Transient Ipsilateral Lower Limb Paresis after Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block
AUTHORS:
O. H. Idehen, F. E. Amadasun
KEYWORDS:
Interscalene Block; Transient; Ipsilateral; Lower Limb Paresis
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.3,
March
13,
2014
ABSTRACT: We describe a partial motor block of ipsilateral
lower limb after interscalene block with the injection of 40 ml of 0.5%
bupivacaine and 2% lignocaine with adrenaline. Immediately after the block,
patient reported a right motor hemi syndrome which was transient. We concluded
that the neurological symptom was caused by the technique of interscalene
brachial plexus block may be as a result of excessive lateral deviation of the
neck with a compromised collateral circulation.