Nerve Block Gallery - Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Clavicle Fracture
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30s M presented with clavicle pain after fall on bike, noted to have obvious deformity to L clavicle, and to be closed and neurovascularly intact. Radiographs confirmed a distal third clavicle fracture, and nonoperative management was recommended by orthopedic surgery. To augment pain control, a superficial cervical plexus block was performed. In these images, the needle is seen entering from the posterior aspect (left of screen), depositing anesthetic in the plane just deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle (*). The patient had improvement of pain and was discharged with outpatient orthopedic follow up. Dr. Michael Heffler, PGY3 Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine