title: Psoas compartment block for operative reduction of hip fracture in a patient with increased intracranial pressure due to inoperable brain tumor.
abstract: General and neuraxial anesthesia in patients with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) who present for non-neurosurgical surgery may cause life-threatening changes in ICP, with possible fatal outcome. Peripheral nerve blocks may be a safe alternative technique for limb surgery. The successful use of psoas compartment block for operative reduction of a hip fracture in a patient with increased ICP due to an inoperable brain tumor is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah--Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel. alex@avidan.co.il
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avidan
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D016658:Psoas Muscles