[Anaesthesia for patients with chronic wounds]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 May 18;177(21):V12140696.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Perioperative management of chronic wounds demands a multidisciplinary approach. Severe co-morbidities leave these patients prone to post-operative complications. To optimize wound healing, minimally invasive methods, both surgical and anaesthesiological, are applied. Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerveblocks (PNB) are an ideal anaesthesia method for wound revisions, amputations and split skin transplantations. The implementation of PNB allows continued anticoagulant treatment, provides post-operative analgesia, lowers opioid consumption and facilitates mobilization.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia / methods*
  • Anesthesia, Local / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia, Local / methods
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Nerve Block
  • Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
  • Perioperative Care
  • Preoperative Care
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Wounds and Injuries / pathology
  • Wounds and Injuries / surgery*