Regional anaesthesia with sedation protocol to safely debride sacral pressure ulcers.
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چکیده
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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- International wound journal
دوره 9 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012