Lower limb blocks following general anaesthesia

Lower limb blocks.

The advances in regional techniques for blocks of the lower limb have been driven primarily by the need to produce effective analgesia in the postoperative period and beyond. These techniques are commonly performed before or after central neuraxial blockade when this technique is used to provide anaesthesia and analgesia for the surgical procedure. Increasingly, modern practice demands a shorte...

Perioperative lower limb venous haemodynamics in patients under general anaesthesia.

BACKGROUND This study prospectively determined the haemodynamic changes in the lower limb venous circulation during and shortly after elective abdominal surgery, performed under general anaesthesia. METHODS Ten females, aged 36-65 yr, ASA I or II, undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy had their peak, mean and minimum velocities, diameter, volume flow and venous pulsatility (peak-minimum/mea...

Mental nerve injury following general anaesthesia.

EDITOR: A healthy 31-yr-old female with no previous medical history was scheduled for gynaecologic laparoscopy for primary sterility under general anaesthesia. Routine preoperative investigations were unremarkable. The patient was premedicated with 1 mg kg of hydroxyzine (Atarax) administered orally one hour before the induction of anaesthesia. General anaesthesia was induced with 1mg kg of fen...

Massive Emphysema and Pneumothorax Following Shoulder Arthroscopy under General Anaesthesia: A Case Report

The patient was a 61-year-old female with massive rotator cuff tear who had no history of smoking, COPD, asthma, or other pulmonary diseases. Four hours following shoulder arthroscopy, the patient developed progressive dyspnea, which was diagnosed as pneumothorax with subcutaneous emphysema extending to the neck and face. Chest tube was inserted promptly. The patient was discharged with a good ...

Lower Limb Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury