title: [Anaesthesia for patients with chronic wounds].
abstract: Perioperative management of chronic wounds demands a multidisciplinary approach. Severe co-morbidities leave these patients prone to post-operative complications. To optimize wound healing, minimally invasive methods, both surgical and anaesthesiological, are applied. Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerveblocks (PNB) are an ideal anaesthesia method for wound revisions, amputations and split skin transplantations. The implementation of PNB allows continued anticoagulant treatment, provides post-operative analgesia, lowers opioid consumption and facilitates mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Frederiksborggade 27, 2. th., 1360 København K. mathiashjort@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hjort
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hyllested
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D009407:Nerve Block; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*