• A&A practice · Oct 2022

    Case Reports

    Serial Peripheral Nerve Blocks to Aid in Salvage of a Compromised Limb: A Case Report.

    • Monica Nagalla, Brittany Seidensticker, Santhanam Suresh, and Michael A Evans.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
    • A A Pract. 2022 Oct 1; 16 (10): e01635e01635.

    AbstractThe management of postsurgical thrombosis in a medically complicated patient is often not straightforward. We describe a case of a congenital heart disease patient with multiple risk factors for thrombosis with a compromised limb immediately after heart transplant who received serial daily peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) resulting in limb salvage. The analgesic effects of the blocks allowed for clinical progression and participation in rehabilitation therapy, and the vasodilatory effects of the blocks helped prevent a below the knee amputation (BKA) in this devitalized and congested extremity.Copyright © 2022 International Anesthesia Research Society.

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