Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block in a Pregnant Patient in the Last Trimester
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND REANIMATION, cilt.43, sa.4, ss.279-281, 2015 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tjar.2014.87699
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND REANIMATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.279-281
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Although regional anaesthesia is a commonly preferred anaesthesia technique for pregnant patients undergoing non-obstetric surgery, peripheral nerve blocks are relatively less administered. The use of popliteal sciatic nerve block for foot-ankle surgery has been presented for a nulliparous parturient at 32 weeks of gestation scheduled to undergo surgical exploration of an arterial pseudoaneurysm on her right plantar surface due to a penetrating stab injury. Since surgery did not require pneumatic tourniquet, the sciatic nerve was blocked via the popliteal approach with a single shot injection of 30 mL of 0.375% levobupivacaine. The operation and the anaesthesia course were uneventful. In conclusion, popliteal sciatic nerve block was successful and uneventful for a short foot surgery not requiring tourniquet application in a parturient in the last trimester.