Open AccessRegional anaesthesia with sedation protocol to safely debride sacral pressure ulcers
Author(s) -
O'Neill Daniel K,
Robins Bryan,
Ayello Elizabeth A,
Cuff Germaine,
Linton Patrick,
Brem Harold
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2011.00912.x
Subject(s) - medicine , regional anaesthesia , sedation , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , perioperative , surgery
A treatment challenge for patients with sacral pressure ulcers is balancing the need for adequate surgical debridement with appropriate anaesthesia management. We are functioning under the hypothesis that regional anaesthesia has advantages over general anaesthesia. We describe our regional anaesthesia protocol for perioperative and postoperative management.