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Ultrasound-guided ileoinguinal and ileohypogastric nerve block associated with general anesthesia. Case report
Diogo Brüggemann da Conceição1, Pablo Escovedo Helayel
1Núcleo de Ensino e Pesquisa em Anestesia, Regional do Hospital Governador Celso Ramos (HGCR), CET Integrado de Anestesiologia da SES-SC, Florianópolis, SC. diconceicao@hotmail.com
Background And Objectives:
Outpatient surgeries are becoming more frequent. Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block has been used in postoperative analgesia of patients undergoing outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy. Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia increases the accuracy of deposition of the local anesthetic around the nerves. The objective of this report was to present a case of ultrasound-guided ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block for outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy.
Case Report:
A 36-year old male patient, 74 kg, physical status ASA I, was scheduled for inguinal herniorrhaphy. Ultrasound-guided iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve block was accomplished with 0.5% ropivacaine, followed by total intravenous anesthesia. The patient was discharged from the hospital 4 hours after the procedure with a pain score of 3 in the Verbal Analogue Scale.
Conclusion:
Ultrasound-guided iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve block in patients undergoing outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy can be done as an aid to postoperative analgesia.
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