Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture

Overview

As the population ages, the frequency of surgery is increasing proportionally, bringing with it the challenge of managing older patients with frequent comorbid diseases and an increased risk of complications. Poor postoperative quality of recovery may result in patient and family suffering, a prolonged hospital stay, and a greater demand on health care resources.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound guided percutaneous femoral nerve+lateral cutaneous nerve versus lumbar plexus+sacral plexus nerve block composite laryngeal mask anesthesia in elderly hip fracture surgery, the application of assessing their impact on the postoperative recovery quality.

In this study, patients who were more than 65 years old with hip fracture were randomized to peripheral nerve blocks 1(PNBs1)- femoral nerve+lateral cutaneous nerve-with laryngeal mask anesthesia, or peripheral nerve blocks 2(PNBs2) - lumbar plexus and sciatic - with laryngeal mask anesthesia. Blocks were performed using ultrasound and 0.5% ropivacaine. All patients received postoperative multimodal analgesia. Postoperative recovery was assessed at 15 minutes, 40 minutes,- 1 day, 3 days, and 7 days after surgery, with the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale, in physiological, nociceptive, emotive, modified activities of daily living, modified cognitive, and overall patient perspective domains.

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