Volume : 7, Issue : 4, April - 2018

REGIONAL NERVE BLOCK FOR LOWER LIMB DEBRIDEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH CKD GRADE 4: A CASE REPORT

Dr. Ismail. J. Namazi, Dr. Arun R Malager, Dr. Sangita Patil, Dr. Supriya Kulkarni

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Lower limb surgeries are usually performed under centralneuraxialblocklade. But patients with comorbidities are not able to tolerate the consequences and hemodynamic instability, and are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality<a name="_Hlk507497292">. We report successful perioperative management of a 72 year elderly female patient with right lower limb swelling posted for emergency deidement with compromised renal function under combined femoral and sciatic nerve block.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>