• J Foot Ankle Surg · Mar 2010

    Safety of local anesthesia combined with monitored intravenous sedation for American Society of Anesthesiologists 3 and 4 patients undergoing lower limb-preservation procedures.

    • Nalini Vadivelu, Michael Gesquire, Sukanya Mitra, Kirk Shelley, Gopal Kodumudi, Yu Xia, and Peter Blume.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Nalini.Vadivelu@yale.edu
    • J Foot Ankle Surg. 2010 Mar 1;49(2):152-4.

    AbstractThe aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the prognostic value of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification with regard to perioperative variables of cardiac complications, pulmonary complications, and mortality in patients undergoing limb salvage procedures with monitored intravenous sedation and foot and ankle blocks. None of the ASA 3 or 4 patients experienced any pulmonary or cardiac complication; no patient required invasive monitoring or postoperative cardiac care unit admission. We suggest that the performance of peripheral foot and ankle blocks with monitored intravenous sedation appears to be a safe and useful option for ASA 3 and 4 patients undergoing limb-preservation surgery.Copyright 2010 American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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