title: Regional anesthesia for vascular surgery.
abstract: Patients presenting for vascular surgery present a challenge to anesthesiologists because of their severe systemic comorbidities. Regional anesthesia has been used as a primary anesthetic technique for many vascular procedures to avoid the cardiovascular and pulmonary perturbations associated with general anesthesia. In this article the use of regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy, open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, infrainguinal arterial bypass, lower extremity amputation, and arteriovenous fistula formation is described. A focus is placed on reviewing the literature comparing anesthetic techniques, with brief descriptions of the techniques themselves.
authors.affiliation: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3580, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: jmflaher@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.affiliation: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3580, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.affiliation: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3580, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Derby
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Brachial plexus blockade; Cervical plexus blockade; Lumbar and lumbosacral plexus blockade; Perioperative outcomes; Regional anesthesia; Transversus abdominis plane block; Vascular surgery