Bowel hematoma following an iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal nerve block
CHANTAL FRIGON MD MSc
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorRYAN MAI MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorTERESA VALOIS-GOMEZ MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorJOËLLE DESPARMET MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorCHANTAL FRIGON MD MSc
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorRYAN MAI MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorTERESA VALOIS-GOMEZ MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorJOËLLE DESPARMET MD
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, McGill University Health Center – The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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We report a case of a subserosal small bowel hematoma following an ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block for an appendicectomy in a 6-year-old girl. The bowel hematoma was noted in the wall of the terminal ileum after opening the peritoneum. The hematoma was nonobstructing and the child remained asymptomatic. We discuss the technical aspects of this block.
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