Ultrasound-Guided Retroclavicular Approach to the Infraclavicular Region (RAPTIR) Brachial Plexus Block for Anterior Shoulder Reduction. 2022

Melissa Yu, and Michael Shalaby, and Josh Luftig, and Maxwell Cooper, and Robert Farrow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania.

Shoulder dislocations are a common presenting injury to the emergency department (ED), with anterior dislocations comprising the majority of these cases. Some patients may tolerate gentle manipulation and reduction, but many require analgesia of some type. Oral or parenteral pain medication is often used alone or in combination with procedural sedation if gentle manipulation fails to achieve reduction. Recently, this treatment algorithm has grown to include regional anesthesia as a mode of analgesia for reduction of shoulder dislocations in the form of brachial plexus blocks. It has been well described that the interscalene and supraclavicular approach to the brachial plexus can be used to assist in reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations; however, there has yet to be any published literature regarding the use of ultrasound-guided retroclavicular approach to the infraclavicular region (RAPTIR) brachial plexus blocks for shoulder reduction. We describe three patients who presented to the ED with anterior shoulder dislocations. The RAPTIR block was performed, provided effective analgesia, and facilitated successful shoulder reduction in all three patients.Why Should an Emergency Physician Be Aware of This? The RAPTIR nerve block is a safe and effective option for analgesia in the patient with an anterior shoulder dislocation. It may have advantages over other brachial nerve blocks and avoids the risks and disadvantages of procedural sedation and opioids.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010146 Pain An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS. Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000701 Analgesics, Opioid Compounds with activity like OPIATE ALKALOIDS, acting at OPIOID RECEPTORS. Properties include induction of ANALGESIA or NARCOSIS. Opioid,Opioid Analgesic,Opioid Analgesics,Opioids,Full Opioid Agonists,Opioid Full Agonists,Opioid Mixed Agonist-Antagonists,Opioid Partial Agonists,Partial Opioid Agonists,Agonist-Antagonists, Opioid Mixed,Agonists, Full Opioid,Agonists, Opioid Full,Agonists, Opioid Partial,Agonists, Partial Opioid,Analgesic, Opioid,Full Agonists, Opioid,Mixed Agonist-Antagonists, Opioid,Opioid Agonists, Full,Opioid Agonists, Partial,Opioid Mixed Agonist Antagonists,Partial Agonists, Opioid
D000779 Anesthetics, Local Drugs that block nerve conduction when applied locally to nerve tissue in appropriate concentrations. They act on any part of the nervous system and on every type of nerve fiber. In contact with a nerve trunk, these anesthetics can cause both sensory and motor paralysis in the innervated area. Their action is completely reversible. (From Gilman AG, et. al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed) Nearly all local anesthetics act by reducing the tendency of voltage-dependent sodium channels to activate. Anesthetics, Conduction-Blocking,Conduction-Blocking Anesthetics,Local Anesthetic,Anesthetics, Topical,Anesthetic, Local,Anesthetics, Conduction Blocking,Conduction Blocking Anesthetics,Local Anesthetics,Topical Anesthetics
D012782 Shoulder Part of the body in humans and primates where the arms connect to the trunk. The shoulder has five joints; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR joint, CORACOCLAVICULAR joint, GLENOHUMERAL joint, scapulathoracic joint, and STERNOCLAVICULAR joint. Shoulders
D012783 Shoulder Dislocation Displacement of the HUMERUS from the SCAPULA. Glenohumeral Dislocation,Glenohumeral Subluxation,Dislocation, Glenohumeral,Dislocation, Shoulder,Dislocations, Glenohumeral,Dislocations, Shoulder,Glenohumeral Dislocations,Glenohumeral Subluxations,Shoulder Dislocations,Subluxation, Glenohumeral,Subluxations, Glenohumeral
D018084 Ultrasonography, Interventional The use of ultrasound to guide minimally invasive surgical procedures such as needle ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DRAINAGE; etc. Its widest application is intravascular ultrasound imaging but it is useful also in urology and intra-abdominal conditions. Ultrasonography, Intravascular,Ultrasound, Interventional,Interventional Ultrasonography,Intravascular Ultrasonography,Interventional Ultrasound
D065527 Brachial Plexus Block A blocking of NEURAL CONDUCTION in the network of nerve fibers innervating the UPPER EXTREMITY. Brachial Plexus Anesthesia,Brachial Plexus Blockade,Anesthesia, Brachial Plexus,Block, Brachial Plexus,Blockade, Brachial Plexus,Blockades, Brachial Plexus,Blocks, Brachial Plexus,Brachial Plexus Blockades,Brachial Plexus Blocks,Plexus Blockade, Brachial,Plexus Blockades, Brachial

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