title: Lumbar plexus block: Safe anesthesia for hip surgery.
abstract: General anesthesia and neuraxial blockade have their own advantages and disadvantages over each other when used for hip surgery. Single shot lumbar plexus block can be the choice of the anesthetic technique for postrenal transplant, immunocompromised, postspinal surgery patient to undergo dynamic hip screw surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, R. N. Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Armenian Church Trauma Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarkar Mitra
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, R. N. Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Armenian Church Trauma Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, R. N. Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Armenian Church Trauma Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, R. N. Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Armenian Church Trauma Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rupert
keywords: Compromised patient; hip surgery; lumbar plexus block