A Study of Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block by Paresthesia Technique Success Rate and Complications: An Hospital Based Study

ABSTRACT

Background: The advantage of regional anaesthesia overgeneral anaesthesia are many and well documented. Brachialplexus can be blocked by various methods includingparesthesia technique, nerve stimulation technique and ultrasound guided. The present study was undertaken forassessing time taken to perform block, Successful blockade,complication of supraclavicular brachial plexus block byparesthesia technique.Methods: The present study was undertaken in thedepartment of Anaesthesia, Government Medical College,Barmer, Rajasthan, India with aim of assessing success rateand Complications of brachial plexus block. A total of 100patients were enrolled in the present study. Ethical approvalwas obtained from institutional ethical committee and writtenconsent was obtained from all the patients after explaining indetail of the entire research process. Complete demographicdetails of all the patients were obtained. All the results wererecorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSSsoftware.Results: Mean time to perform block was 5.35 minutes andsuccesfull blockade in 92% patients, in 6% patient’s partialblockade and in 2% patient’s complete failure of block.Incidence of complications were vessels puncture 8 % patientsand pneumothorax 1% patients.Conclusion: Supraclavicular brachial plexus block byparesthesia technique is an easy and relatively safe procedurefor the upper limb surgeries below mid shaft of humerus withfew complications and provide good post-operative analgesia.