The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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The Clinical Experiences of Psoas Compartment Block

대요근 근주차단술에 대한 임상경험

  • Kim, Chun-Sook (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Cha, Young-Deog (Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 김천숙 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실) ;
  • 차영덕 (순천향대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실)
  • Published : 1995.04.15
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Abstract

Psoas compartment block has been used to provide anesthesia for orthopedic surgical procedures and postoperative pain control. Nowadays this block is advocated for the management of pain in the thighs, legs and lumbar area for various reasons. To relieve pain in the thigh and leg, 21 times of block were performed and observed clinically in the 17 patients at our hospital. The results were excellent for the relief of pain in metastatic cancer patients. And this block is satisfactory in the thigh pain but not in the leg pain. So we recommend psoas compartment block as a useful and simple method for the relief of pain in metastatic cancer pain in the thigh.

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