Bloqueio anestésico do plexo braquial em sagui-de-tufos-brancos (Callithrix jacchus Linnaeus, 1758) - Relato de caso
Authors: De Almeida Thais Pereira , De Araujo Ana Lucélia , Silva Ana Clara De França , Filgueira Fabrícia Geovânia Fernandes , Melo Fernando De Oliveira , Pereira Rauan Dantas 
Published: November 2020

<span style="left: 118.11px; top: 959.809px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.664313);">The use of anesthetic block of the brachial plexus is a technique used to desensitize the thoracic limb,which </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 981.809px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.686042);">is performed in several species, including primates. The objective of this work is to evaluate or block the </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1003.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.705156);">brachial plexus with a supraclavicular technique, a response to the mechanism in a motor and sensory </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1025.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.704964);">manner, and the duration of time in a white-tufted marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). The animal was an adult male, </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1047.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.671396);">weighing 340 grams and had a humerus fracture of the right thoracic limb , diagnosed through clinical and </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1069.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.717934);">radiographic evaluation. After being taken for surgery, the animal was previously medicated with 0.04 mg / kg </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1091.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.705268);">dexmedetomidine and ketamine 10 mg / kg, both intramuscularly in the same syringe and, after that we did the </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1113.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.713891);">Anesthetic block of the brachial plexus using the supraclavicular technique with 5mg / kg lidocaine. Heart rate, </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1135.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.723765);">respiratory rate, body temperature and temperature improvement were evaluated throughout the procedure. </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1157.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.72968);">Although the technique has been used in studies with other primate species, the block was effective and the </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1179.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.721086);">animal’s motor reflex was sensitive after 46 minutes, while the tactile sensory perception was gained after 60 </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1201.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.711203);">minutes . The use of the technique was effective in the species and the monitoring of the patient was crucial to </span><span style="left: 118.11px; top: 1223.81px; font-size: 18.6162px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.716029);">increase the success of anesthesia and the comfort of the animal throughout the procedure.</span>