Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report

Peripheral nerve blocks can be a very safe option in elderlypatients with multiple comorbidities where spinal or general anesthesia may be associated with increased risks. We present a 67 years male taking antiplatelet drugs with deranged coagulation profile with bilateral pneumonia with diabetic fo...

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Autores principales: Devkota, Sagar, Thapa, Yubaraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10023519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7111
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description Peripheral nerve blocks can be a very safe option in elderlypatients with multiple comorbidities where spinal or general anesthesia may be associated with increased risks. We present a 67 years male taking antiplatelet drugs with deranged coagulation profile with bilateral pneumonia with diabetic foot with wet gangrene planned for emergency below knee amputation under ultrasound guided femoral and sciatic nerve block.
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spelling pubmed-100235192023-03-19 Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report Devkota, Sagar Thapa, Yubaraj Clin Case Rep Case Report Peripheral nerve blocks can be a very safe option in elderlypatients with multiple comorbidities where spinal or general anesthesia may be associated with increased risks. We present a 67 years male taking antiplatelet drugs with deranged coagulation profile with bilateral pneumonia with diabetic foot with wet gangrene planned for emergency below knee amputation under ultrasound guided femoral and sciatic nerve block. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10023519/ /pubmed/36941838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7111 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title_full Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title_fullStr Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title_short Ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: A case report
title_sort ultrasound‐guided femoral and sciatic nerve block as an option for below‐knee amputation in an elderly patient: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10023519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7111
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