2. PNB utilization for the brachial plexus, sciatic nerve and femoral nerve were 6.1 percent, 1.5 percent and 1.9 percent respectively. 3. The highest volume of PNB use was in shoulder arthroscopies ...

Repeated trauma to the neck (chronic cervical radiculopathy), anesthetic injury (the phrenic nerve may be damaged during an interscalene block for shoulder surgery), and birth trauma can all ...

“We have instituted a post-operative peripheral nerve block instruction sheet to allow patients that have received a PNB the knowledge of what to expect once they get home,” she says. Below is a ...

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Nerve damage or irritation can cause a burning or tingling pain in the shoulder. A burner or stinger is an injury to a bundle of nerves in the neck known as the brachial plexus.