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Evaluation of general and regional anesthesia procedures in an Emergency department in university hospital Sveti Duh "

Background and purpose: Regional anesthesia has become an increasingly preferred technique for the treatment of acutely injured patient because of its safety and effective postoperative pain management.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of regional anesthesia in patients undergoing limbtraumatic surgery performed in emergency department. Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of all patients who underwent operation for limb injury in emergency surgical department of University hospital “Sveti Duh“. Anesthetic techique (regional anesthesia RA versus general anesthesia GA) regarding limb trauma surgery have been study between June 2012 and March 2013. Results and conclusion: Over a 9- months periods, 128 patients underwent trauma limb surgery in emergency department. Sixty eight patients underwent the operation in general anesthesia and 60 patients in regional anesthesia. Regional anesthesia represents 46% of the anesthetic procedures. Ankle, ulnar, femoral and femoropopliteal block were rarely used. The results of our study show that despite known benefits RA over GA, regional anesthetic techniques have been underutilized in trauma patients.

regional anesthesia ; eneral anesthesia ; postoperative pain management

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