title: [Complications during the use of a catheter for continuous lumbar plexus block during implantation of a total hip endoprosthesis].
abstract: A 78-year-old female patient undergoing a hip operation received a catheter for continuous lumbar plexus blockade. The catheter was positioned without complications but its removal had apparently proved to be difficult. The catheter entered the operative site and its tip was coagulated by the coagulation forceps. There were no subsequent complications.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anaesthesiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stierwaldt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulsamer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Komplikation bei Anwendung eines Katheters zur kontinuierlichen Blockade des Plexus lumbalis bei Implantation einer Totalendoprothese des Hüftkopfes.