Case Report

Two Convulsions Caused by Local Anesthesic Toxicity in The Same Patient: A Case Report

10.5222/JTAICS.2012.058

  • Coşkun Araz
  • Aynur Camkıran
  • Selim Candan
  • Gülnaz Arslan

Received Date: 23.12.2010 Accepted Date: 20.03.2011 Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2012;40(1):58-62

Different regional anesthetic techniques and several local anesthetics have been widely used for extremity surgeries. We may occasionally encounter some complications due to block technique or local anesthetics ranging from minimal to serious, even fatal outcomes. In this case, we report two incidents of convulsive attacks caused by two different types of regional blocks in the same patient at separate occasions which were alleviated with pharmacotherapy.

Keywords: Local anesthetics, convulsion