Regional anaesthesia with sedation protocol to safely debride sacral pressure ulcers

Int Wound J. 2012 Oct;9(5):525-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00912.x. Epub 2012 Apr 20.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Conduction / methods*
  • Debridement / methods*
  • Humans
  • Pressure Ulcer / surgery*
  • Sacrum