title: [Peripheral nerve blocks for a patient with spondylolysis undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction].
abstract: A 24-year-old man, 178 cm tall and weighting 82 kg, underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. We gave general anesthesia and ultrasound-guided combined femoral and sciatic nerve block. Neuraxial blocks increase the risk of neuropathy in the patient with spondylolysis compared with peripheral nerve blocks. In this report, we describe the successful postoperative pain control with peripheral nerve blocks to a patient with spondylolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Kitasato University, Tokyo 108-8642.
authors.forename: Yoshimune
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osaka
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
authors.forename: Sakurako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miwa
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012584:Sciatic Nerve; D013169:Spondylolysis