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Axillary block: complications
Last updated: 03/04/2015
The axillary approach to the brachial plexus is associated with a very low complication rate, providing intravascular injection is avoided. Although controversial, repeated elicitation of paresthesia at multiple sites may increase the incidence of postoperative neuropathies. Hematoma and infection are very rare.
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