Open AccessSuccessful management of above knee amputation with combined and modified nerve blocks
Author(s) -
T Senthil Kumar,
Kadevalappil N. Indu,
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.183161
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , cellulitis , femoral nerve , nerve block , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , sciatic nerve , anesthesia , geometry , mathematics
We report a successful management of a case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus positive right lower limb cellulitis for above knee amputation under combined nerve blocks. The ongoing sepsis, thrombocytopenia, and severe respiratory infection with wheeze made us avoid both neuraxial block and general anesthesia and plan for a nerve block. We instituted a modified high inguinal femoral block along with sciatic and lateral femoral nerve blocks separately to successfully conduct the case. We decided to report as there were not as many cases as ours in the literature.