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Fascia iliaca block was successfully used as the sole anesthesia technique for emergency transfemoral thrombectomy in a 70-year-old high-risk patient with a recent myocardial infarction.
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Fascia iliaca block may serve as a viable sole anesthetic technique for emergency transfemoral thrombectomy in patients with high cardiac risk.
May offer anesthetic alternative in select high-risk emergency cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Acute limb ischemia is a surgical emergency that precludes prolonged preoperative cardiac evaluation. A 70-year-old female with recent myocardial infarction was posted for emergency transfemoral thrombectomy. We discuss the perioperative anesthetic considerations in these case. Fascia iliaca block can be used as sole anesthesia technique for transfemoral thrombectomy in high-risk patients.
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Parate et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Acute limb ischemia with recent myocardial infarction (n=1). Fascia iliaca block was evaluated on Successful anesthesia management. Fascia iliaca block was successfully used as the sole anesthesia technique for emergency transfemoral thrombectomy in a 70-year-old high-risk patient with a recent myocardial infarction.
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