Shoulder Block Anesthesia for Shoulder Reconstruction Surgery

Departments of Anesthesiology and Clinical Investigation, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. Address correspondence to Lt. D. O. Peterson, MC, USNR, c/o Clinical Investigation Department, Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA 92134. The opinions or assertions expressed in this paper are those of the author and are not to be construed as official or as necessarily reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy or the naval service at large. This paper was presented in part at the 58th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Reno, Nevada, March 12, 1984. Two solutions were used: compunding 1% tetracaine with 0.5% lidocaine (1:200,000 epinephrine) in a 1:3 or 1:4 ratio, resulting in either 0.25% tetracaine:0.375% lidocaine (1:266,000 epinephrine) or 0.2% tetracaine 0.4%. lidocaine (1:250,000 epinephrine). Accepted for publication November 5, 1984.