Convulsions following axillary brachial plexus blockade with levobupivacaine

✍ Scribed by D. Pirotta; J. Sprigge

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 59 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-2409
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02860.x

✦ Synopsis

Summary

Neurotoxicity manifesting as convulsions is a recognised complication of the administration of local anaesthetic drugs as part of a regional anaesthetic technique. We describe a case of self‐limiting convulsions following the institution of an axillary brachial plexus block with levobupivacaine. Although the occurrence of convulsions following the administration of racemic bupivacaine is a well‐recognised complication, there have been no clinical case reports published describing convulsions following the use of levobupivacaine in regional anaesthesia.