Surgical anesthesia for revision total hip arthroplasty with quadratus lumborum and fascia iliaca block

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2019 May 21;32(3):438-439. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1600179. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Abstract

We present a case in which surgical anesthesia was provided for revision of earlier total hip arthroplasty with quadratus lumborum and fascia iliaca blocks. We believe that this case is the first to be reported using this technique for this procedure. Our patient was a high-risk candidate for general and neuraxial anesthesia because of significant cardiac dysfunction and therapeutic anticoagulation.

Keywords: Fascia iliaca; quadratus lumborum; regional anesthesia; revision total hip arthroplasty; surgical block; total hip arthroplasty.

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  • Case Reports