Combination of femoral and genitofemoral nerve blocks is effective for endovascular aneurysm repair

Abdominal/thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR/TEVAR) is a minimally invasive operation for the repair of abdominal/thoracic aortic aneurysms (AAAs/TAAs). Generally, EVAR/TEVAR is performed under general anesthesia or field block anesthesia of inguinal region [1]. Since field block anesthesia sometimes provides insufficient analgesia, conversion to general anesthesia may be required owing to patient discomfort, anxiety and persistent patient movement. In this report, we present a case in which femoral and genitofemoral nerve blocks were performed for analgesia during EVAR.

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