ArticleAnesthesiology and pain medicine2014
Lumbar plexus block for management of hip surgeries.
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- Spinal anesthesia versus combined sciatic nerve/lumbar plexus nerve block in elderly patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective study.Annals of Saudi medicineTrial
- Comparison of Dye Spread Pattern and Nerve Involvement between Suprainguinal and Infrainguinal Fascia Iliaca Blocks with Different Injectate Volumes: A Cadaveric Evaluation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Continuous Lumbar Plexus Blockade in Managing Post-Operative Pain after Hip or Femur Orthopedic Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Comparative efficacy analysis of ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block and lumbar plexus block in hip arthroscopy: a pilot prospective randomized controlled trial.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2022Article
- Ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus block versus transversus abdominis plane block for analgesia in children with hip dislocation: A double-blind, randomized trial.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2022Article
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- Regional Nerve Block Decreases the Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Hip Fracture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Total Spinal Anaesthesia: A Rare Complication of Psoas Compartment Block.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2021Article
- Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block as a Main Anesthetic Method for Hip Surgery in High Risk Elderly Patients: Initial Experience with a Magnetic Resonance Imaging.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2020Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Analgesia and Pain Modalities in Hip Fracture Pathogenesis.Current pain and headache reports · 2019Review
- Survey of postoperative pain control in different types of hospitals: a multicenter observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2018Observational
- Comparison of Continuous Femoral Nerve Block with and Without Combined Sciatic Nerve Block after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Study.Orthopedic reviews · 2017Article
- Pre-operative lumbar plexus block provides superior post-operative analgesia when compared with fascia iliaca block or general anesthesia alone in hip arthroscopy.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2016Article
- Sciatic Nerve Block in Tetanus: A Case Report.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2015Article
- Flow dynamics of ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus block in adults.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
- Continuous psoas sciatic blockade for total knee arthroplasty.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
- Lumbar Plexus Block as an Effective Alternative to Subarachnoid Block for Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture Surgeries in the Elderly.Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLumbar plexus block (LPB) is one of the anesthetic options in the elderly patients undergoing hip surgeries. LPB could be safe because it targets somatic nerve in psoas region. Effectiveness of LPB is attributed to the sufficient analgesia provided intraoperatively as well as postoperatively. Adequate muscle relaxation and immobility during surgery refers to its acceptability.
objectivesIn this study, LPB was used as the anesthetic method to manage the elderly patients subjected to hip surgery. PATIENTS AND
methodsA total of 50 patients aged 51 to 100 years were enrolled in this study. LPB was accomplished after a mild sedation and with a modified method using patient's fingertip width (FTW) as the distance unit to determine needle entry point under electrical nerve stimulation assistance. After targeted injection, procedure time, establishment time, block duration, surgery time, hemodynamic variables, and surgeon satisfaction score were documented and analyzed. Propofol in trivial doses was infused intraoperatively to provide clinical sedation.
resultsMean patient's age was 73 ± 12 years with ASA II/III. Procedure time was 5.65 ± 1.24 minutes, establishment time was 130 ± 36 seconds, block duration was 13.1 ± 8 hours, surgery time was 149.7 ± 32.2 minutes, and surgeon satisfaction score was 9.8 ± 0.1. There was no complication and no failure. Hemodynamic stability was pleasantly achieved.
conclusionsBy preserving hemodynamic stability, LPB in conjunction with a light sedation could be considered as a reliable prudent satisfying anesthetic option in management of hip fractures in the elderly patients with three beneficial characteristics of safety, effectiveness, and acceptability.
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