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Published on: September 16, 2022
[Wrong side iliofascial block in a patient with hip fracture]
E Petrova1, F Brasseur, D Benhamou
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient who received a wrong side iliofascial block immediately before being operated for a femoral neck fracture. This error did not lead to any adverse consequence but this case confirms that wrong side or wrong site error can also occur in anaesthetic practice, especially in emergency procedures, and is not only confined to surgical practice. Anaesthesiologists should be careful when performing unilateral procedures and implement similar strategies than those used by surgeons.