USG GUIDED FEMORAL & LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE BLOCK AS SAVIOUR- ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT OF CKD-ESRD WITH DIFFICULT AIRWAY & COAGULOPATHY POSTED FOR NOVEL PROSTHETIC FEMORO-FEMORAL AV FISTULA.
Anaesthetic management for creation of a novel prosthetic femoro-femoral arteriovenous stula (AV) in 65 years old male patient k/c/o hypertension with CKD (Stage V, [ESRD] haemodialysis dependent for last 1.5 years with difcult airway and deranged coagulation prole. AV stula was initially created in upper limb which blocked 6 weeks back. Subsequently dialysis was done by dialysis catheter as temporary method and femoro-femoral AV stula creation using prosthetic graft was planned due to its early maturation time (7 days). Central neuraxial blocks were contraindicated because of deranged coagulation prole. Patient is also high risk for GA i/v/o ESRD and difcult airway. Therefore we planned for RA in the form of USG guided Femoral Nerve Block and Lateral Cutaneous Nerve (LCN) of thigh block. Femoral Nerve Block (FNB) and Lateral Cutaneous Nerve block (LCN) was performed under ultrasound guidance in real time using 20 and 10ml of 0.25% Bupivacaine respectively. After establishing block effect, surgery was performed solely under block with stable perioperative course.