title: Unilateral Spinal Anesthesia Experience in a Supercentenarian.
abstract: Improvement of living and socioeconomic conditions, developments, and innovations in medicine and technology has prolonged of life expectancy. We provided spinal anesthesia for a 111-year-old woman requiring internal fixation of a fractured femur. The operation lasted 75 minutes. After surgery, the patient was monitored in the intensive care unit overnight. The patient was discharged from the intensive care unit after 24-hour monitoring without any complications. She was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 2.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Besni State Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey; †Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Besni State Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey; and ‡Department of General Surgery, Besni State Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fadime
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Metehan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: Cihad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tatar
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alakus
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome