Efficacy of lateral popliteal block

Authors

  • Zaily Fuentes Díaz Hospital Oncologico Maria Curie. Camaguey
  • Orlando Rodríguez Salazar Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camagüey.
  • Elizabeth Vidor Guerra Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Camagüey.
  • Luis Amador Aguilar Amador Aguilar Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Camagüey.

Keywords:

surgical analgesia, lateral popliteal block, equation of the line, sciatic nerve

Abstract

Introduction: Peripheral nerve blocks are an accepted component in medical practice from the surgical area, chronic pain control and the postoperative period.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of popliteal blockade laterally in patients undergoing surgery for foot and ankle conditions.
Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study was carried out with patients operated on for foot and ankle conditions in the period from September 2015 to September 2018. The study population was made up by 431 patients, and the sample was 209.
Results: More than three quarters of the patients operated on for foot and ankle conditions and to which the blockage is applied are above the fifth decade of life. Most of them correspond to the range 51-70 kg, with four to six centimeters of needle depth for the location of the nerve based on the equation of the line. It is 19 times more likely in them the absence of pain at the first six hours of the postoperative period after the blockage and more likely the success of the proposed technique with the determination of the depth in centimeters of the needle based on the equation of the line, with odds ratio of 31.
Conclusions: The lateral popliteal block was evaluated as effective in the majority of patients undergoing surgery for foot and ankle conditions.

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Author Biography

Zaily Fuentes Díaz, Hospital Oncologico Maria Curie. Camaguey

Especialista de Medicina General Integral. Especialista de Seundo Grado en Anestesiología y Reanimacion.Profesor e Investigador Auxiliar. Doctora en Ciencias Médicas.

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Published

2019-09-12

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Fuentes Díaz Z, Rodríguez Salazar O, Vidor Guerra E, Amador Aguilar LAA. Efficacy of lateral popliteal block. Rev Cub Anest Rean [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 12 [cited 2025 Jan. 10];18(3). Available from: https://revanestesia.sld.cu/index.php/anestRean/article/view/593

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2019): september - december

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