Fascia Iliaca Block as an Anesthetic Technique for: Acute Lower Limb Ischemia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of preoperative fascia iliaca block (FIB) as a sole anesthetic technique in transfemoral thromboembolectomy of unilateral acute lower limb ischemia compared to unilateral spinal anesthesia (SA) as a primary outcome. Hemodynamic variation, postoperative pain score, and the first demand for analgesia with the total postoperative analgesic required in the 1^st postoperative day were considered as the secondary outcome.

Patients and methods

This prospective randomized controlled study included two groups of patients aged between 40 and 70 years, who underwent transfemoral thrombectomy for acute unilateral lower limb ischemia. Patients in the spinal group (SA) (n = 56): underwent unilateral SA using 10

SUBMITTER: Abo-Zeid MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6775842 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature