The relationship of the musculocutaneous nerve to the brachial plexus evaluated by MRI
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- 作者：Trygve Kjelstrup ; Axel R. Sauter…
- 关键词：Brachial plexus ; Musculocutaneous nerve ; MRI scan
- 刊名：Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：31
- 期：1
- 页码：111-115
- 全文大小：2001KB
- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Anesthesiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-2614
- 卷排序：31
文摘
Axillary plexus blocks (AXB) are widely used for upper limb operations. It is recommend that AXB should be performed using a multiple injection technique. Information about the course and position of the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) is of relevance for AXB performance. The objective of this study was to examine the position of the MCN and its relationship to the axillary sheath using MRI. 54 patients underwent an AXB with 40 ml of local anaesthetic before MRI examination. The course of the MCN and the position where it left the axillary sheath and perforated the coracobrachial muscle (MCN exit point), in relation to the axillary artery and the block needle insertion point in the axillary fold, were recorded. The MCN was seen clearly in 23, partly in 26, and not identified in five patients at the MCN exit point. The mean distance from the insertion point of the block needle in the axillary fold to the MCN exit point was 36.8 mm (SD = 18.9, range: 0–90.5). In 37 patients the MCN exit point was positioned inside the Q1 quadrant (lateral anterior to the axillary artery) and in 11 patients inside the Q2 quadrant (medial anterior to the axillary artery). There is a wide variability as to where the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) leaves the axillary sheath. Therefore multiple injection techniques, or the use of a proximally directed catheter, should be appropriate to block the MCN.