Shoulder pain due to suprascapular nerve compression during general anesthesia.

Suprascapular nerve entrapment is an uncommon but often under-recognized entity caused by a variety of mechanisms and injuries to the shoulder area. The case presented is of a patient with neuropathy after a bilateral hernia repair. This is a previously undocumented association not closely adhering to the usually proposed mechanisms of injury. These mechanisms and the diagnosis and treatment of suprascapular nerve compression are reviewed.