ReviewLocal and regional anesthesia2022
Considerations for the Use of Local Anesthesia in the Frail Elderly: Current Perspectives.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion on postoperative analgesia in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Comparative Study on Clinical Outcomes of Posterior Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy under Local Anesthesia with Conscious Sedation and General Anesthesia.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2026Article
- Feasibility of local anesthesia for full-endoscopic spine surgery: A retrospective cohort study of body weight-based thresholds.PloS one · 2026Article
- Frailty assessment in perioperative geriatric patients: a narrative review.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026Review
- Risk-Stratified Use of Topical and Infiltrative Local Anesthetics in High-Risk Dermatologic Surgery.Journal of surgery and research · 2026Article
- Evaluating clinical response to primary endocrine therapy in elderly breast cancer patients in routine practice.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- Analgesic efficacy of different volumes in erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing single level lumbar spine fixation: a non-inferiority randomized trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- From Pain Control to Early Mobility: The Evolution of Regional Anesthesia in Geriatric Total Hip Arthroplasty.Reports (MDPI) · 2025Review
- Additive Effect of Multilevel Radiofrequency Ablation in Elderly Patients with Sleep Apnea.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Recent advances in geriatric anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Article
- Anesthesia and perioperative pain relief in the frail elderly patient.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaReview
- Regional anesthesia for geriatric population.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaReview
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The frail, elderly population is at a high risk of postoperative complications. Besides perioperative rehabilitation techniques and management by geriatric teams, the least invasive techniques in anesthesia are required, making regional anesthesia very interesting in terms of benefit-risk ratio. Among them, local anesthesia is a simple, reproducible, inexpensive technique applied to many superficial or deep surgeries, which should make it a gold standard for the frail person. This review provides an update on the current possibilities for various surgeries and exclusion.
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