e -Issn : 0976 - 3651
Print-Issn : 2229-7480

  ABSTRACT

EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA FOR FIXATION OF INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE IN A 108-YEAR OLD ELDERLY PATIENT

Age itself is an independent morbidity and mortality risk factor for a long list of diseases and injuries and awareness of such additional risk factors may modify our perioperative anaesthetic management in a way that will ultimately improve the postoperative outcome. Here we describe the successful anaesthetic management in a rare case of a 108 year old female with intertrochanteric fracture of right femur by dynamic hip screw fixation. Taking into account her age and compromised cardiac function, epidural anaesthesia was planned as it had several distinct advantages over general anaesthesia in terms of an improved pulmonary and myocardial function, decreased chances of thromboembolic complications, early mobilization and postoperative analgesia through epidural catheter

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