Erratum
for Borene et al., Anesth Analg 97 (3) 898-900.
Anesth Analg 2004;98:256
© 2004 International Anesthesia Research Society
ERRATA
Correction
In the September 2003 issue, in the case report by Borene et al., "An Indication for Continuous Cervical Paravertebral Block (Posterior Approach to the Interscalene Space)" (Anesth Analg 2003;97:898–900), the abstract was omitted. The publisher regrets the error. The abstract is reproduced below:
We present a patient who required perioperative analgesia with continuous nerve block for shoulder disarticulation, for whom the only approach possible to the brachial plexus was from posterior. A 51-yr-old woman was suffering from intractable upper extremity pain and dysfunction as a result of severe lymphedema after metastatic spread of breast cancer to the axilla. Her pain was poorly controlled despite aggressive treatment with oral, systemic, and intrathecal opiates. She presented for amputation of her arm as a last resort for management of pain. In order to provide optimal postoperative analgesia, continuous peripheral nerve block was selected in consultation with the patient, and due to anatomic disfigurement and tumor invasion, a continuous cervical paravertebral block was placed preoperatively and shoulder disarticulation was performed using a combined regional/general anesthesia technique. The patient had an uneventful recovery without pain for the 6 postoperative days that the catheter was in place and 0.25% bupivacaine was infused at 5 mL/h. Because of anatomic considerations, which precluded the use of all other approaches to the brachial plexus, the posterior cervical paravertebral approach provided an effective means of pain control in this difficult clinical situation. (Anesth Analg 2003;97:898–900)
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