Author(s)

Tamer Kamal, Sunil Garg, Kareem Elsorafy, Anca Duca

Department of Trauma, Orthopaedics Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth, UK.
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK.

Patients who suffer a Fractured Neck of Femur (NOF) have a high mortality and morbidity rate with up to 20% needing long term care post fracture and a further 30% not returning to their pre fracture functioning. Hip fracture accounts for 87% of total fragility fractures. We describe an anaesthetic technique of fixation of fracture of the femoral neck under direct infiltration local anaesthesia; that can be performed on the sick elderly patient. Twenty-eight NOF fractures were included in this series (24 DHS, 4 Hemiarthroplasty); twenty-three procedures were completed (82.14%); no patient required conversion to another form of anaesthesia either general or spinal; five patients required some degree of light sedation due to agitation (17.8%). This method presents itself as an option in managing patient with high comorbidities which can also be implemented in impoverished areas with limited access to operating surgical facilities.

Fracture Neck of Femur, Local Infiltration, ASA4

Kamal, T. , Garg, S. , Elsorafy, K. and Duca, A. (2014) Surgical Management of Fracture Neck of Femur in a Medically Unfit ASA3/4 Patient Selection Using Direct Infiltration Local Anaesthesia. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 4, 195-199. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2014.48032.