Contraceptive implant removal: Case report and the role of an ultrasound-trained anesthesiologist in perioperative localization and regional anesthesia
Austin T. Nguyen, Matthew W. Swisher · 2025
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Austin Nguyen and Matthew Swisher reported a case of removing a contraceptive implant that could not be felt in two thousand twenty-five. Implants that sit on the surface are easy to remove in an office. Deep ones, under tissue layers, raise safety risks and can be hard to find.
Their patient was a twenty-eight-year-old woman whose implant sat inside the biceps muscle. Ultrasound found and mapped it before surgery. The anesthesiologist then used ultrasound to guide a nerve block near the arm, with local drug placed under the tissue layer. The implant was removed with no extra pain relief needed. The case shows a role for ultrasound-trained anesthesiologists in such removals.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Austin T. Nguyen, Matthew W. Swisher |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |