Surgical Management of Fracture Neck of Femur in a Medically Unfit ASA3/4 Patient Selection Using Direct Infiltration Local Anaesthesia
Surgical Management of Fracture Neck of Femur in a Medically Unfit ASA3/4 Patient Selection Using Direct Infiltration Local Anaesthesia作者机构:Department of Trauma Orthopaedics Leicester Royal Infirmary Leicester UK James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth UK Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Oswestry UK
出 版 物:《Open Journal of Orthopedics》 (矫形学期刊(英文))
年 卷 期:2014年第4卷第8期
页 面:195-199页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Fracture Neck of Femur Local Infiltration ASA4
摘 要:Patients who suffer a Fractured Neck of Femur (NOF) have a high mortality and morbidity rate with up to 20% needing long term care post fracture and a further 30% not returning to their pre fracture functioning. Hip fracture accounts for 87% of total fragility fractures. We describe an anaesthetic technique of fixation of fracture of the femoral neck under direct infiltration local anaesthesia;that can be performed on the sick elderly patient. Twenty-eight NOF fractures were included in this series (24 DHS, 4 Hemiarthroplasty);twenty-three procedures were completed (82.14%);no patient required conversion to another form of anaesthesia either general or spinal;five patients required some degree of light sedation due to agitation (17.8%). This method presents itself as an option in managing patient with high comorbidities which can also be implemented in impoverished areas with limited access to operating surgical facilities.