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Brachial plexus injury as an unusual complication after aortic stent implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2010

Robert Sabiniewicz ,
Jan Ereciński  and
Mariusz Zipser
Robert Sabiniewicz
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Gdańsk, Poland
Jan Ereciński
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Gdańsk, Poland
Mariusz Zipser*
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Gdańsk, Poland
*
Correspondence to: Dr M. Zipser, MD, Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Dębinki 7 Street, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland. Tel: (+48) 604 480 618, Fax: (58) 349 28 95; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Aorta catheterisation can serve both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with aortic coarctation, especially when non-invasive evaluation cannot define severity of the abnormality. We report a case of bilateral brachial plexus injury due to standard positioning of the patient’s arms during non-complicated aorta catheterisation and aortic stent implantation under general anaesthesia. In discussion, we consider our patient’s predisposing factors, the understanding of which may be helpful in avoiding this complication in the future.

Keywords

Stent implantationcomplicationsbrachial plexus injurypositioning
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 227 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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