Key result
A single bolus lumbar plexus block provided safe and effective anesthesia with hemodynamic stability for a highly compromised patient undergoing dynamic hip screw surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
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Single shot lumbar plexus block can be a safe and effective anesthetic technique for highly compromised patients undergoing dynamic hip screw surgery.
May warrant consideration in select high-risk hip fracture cases; leaves open need for prospective trials before wider adoption.
General anesthesia and neuraxial blockade have their own advantages and disadvantages over each other when used for hip surgery. Single shot lumbar plexus block can be the choice of the anesthetic technique for postrenal transplant, immunocompromised, postspinal surgery patient to undergo dynamic hip screw surgery.
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Mukherjee et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Hip fracture requiring dynamic hip screw fixation (n=1). Lumbar plexus block was evaluated on Successful anesthesia and hemodynamic stability. A single bolus lumbar plexus block provided safe and effective anesthesia with hemodynamic stability for a highly compromised patient undergoing dynamic hip screw surgery.
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