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Methods <p>This study assessed the safety of the lateral femoral cutaneous and over the hip (LOH) block, a regional anesthetic, in anticoagulated hip fracture patients while maintaining efficacy. A retrospective review of patients diagnosed with hip fractures (AO/OTA 31A/B) who presented to a single academic medical center and level 1 trauma center actively using oral anticoagulants. Patients were grouped based on anesthesia type: LOH block (LOH) versus general anesthesia (GA) and LOH versus spinal anesthesia (SA). LOH patients were matched based on anticoagulant type, OTA/AO classification, and risk (STTGMA) score with a 3:1 ratio to GA and a 1:1 ratio to SA. Outcome comparisons included: time to surgery, operative and anesthesia time, and bleeding complications, demographics (age, sex, race, BMI, CCI, and STTGMA), postoperative complications, 90-day readmission rates, mortality within 1&#xa0;year, and discharge location.</p> Results <p>A total of 135 patients: 27 LOH, 27 SA, and 81 GA, were analyzed. Compared to GA, LOH block patients had a shorter time to surgery (1.31 ± 0.082 vs. 0.89 ± 0.69, <i>p</i> = 0.014), lower rates of 90-day readmission (3.7% vs. 19.8%, <i>p</i> = 0.047), and a greater discharge to home with health services rate (33.3% vs. 8.6%, <i>p</i> = 0.024). The GA population trended-toward more major complications (<i>p</i> = 0.077) and mortality within 1&#xa0;year (<i>p</i> = 0.077).</p> <p>Compared to SA, LOH patients were slightly underweight (25.1 ± 4.19 vs. 22.7 ± 4.16, <i>p</i> = 0.035) and got to surgery faster (0.89 ± 0.69 vs 1.54 ± 1.48, <i>p</i> = 0.039). Across all groups, there were no differences in the need for blood transfusion or other quality markers.</p> Conclusion <p>The LOH block was safe and effective for use in anticoagulated hip fracture patients. This technique provided an intraoperative safety profile similar to other anesthetic choices, allowed for less delay to surgery compared to spinal anesthesia and improved discharge parameters compared to GA.</p> Level of Evidence III <p>Prognostic Level III.</p>

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Is regional only anesthesia a safe choice in anticoagulated hip fracture patients?

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年10月14日

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  • Carolyn Herbosa,
  • Christopher Petit,
  • Sanjit Konda,
  • Abhishek Ganta,
  • David Furgiuele,
  • Steven Rivero,
  • Kenneth Egol

摘要

Methods

This study assessed the safety of the lateral femoral cutaneous and over the hip (LOH) block, a regional anesthetic, in anticoagulated hip fracture patients while maintaining efficacy. A retrospective review of patients diagnosed with hip fractures (AO/OTA 31A/B) who presented to a single academic medical center and level 1 trauma center actively using oral anticoagulants. Patients were grouped based on anesthesia type: LOH block (LOH) versus general anesthesia (GA) and LOH versus spinal anesthesia (SA). LOH patients were matched based on anticoagulant type, OTA/AO classification, and risk (STTGMA) score with a 3:1 ratio to GA and a 1:1 ratio to SA. Outcome comparisons included: time to surgery, operative and anesthesia time, and bleeding complications, demographics (age, sex, race, BMI, CCI, and STTGMA), postoperative complications, 90-day readmission rates, mortality within 1 year, and discharge location.

Results

A total of 135 patients: 27 LOH, 27 SA, and 81 GA, were analyzed. Compared to GA, LOH block patients had a shorter time to surgery (1.31 ± 0.082 vs. 0.89 ± 0.69, p = 0.014), lower rates of 90-day readmission (3.7% vs. 19.8%, p = 0.047), and a greater discharge to home with health services rate (33.3% vs. 8.6%, p = 0.024). The GA population trended-toward more major complications (p = 0.077) and mortality within 1 year (p = 0.077).

Compared to SA, LOH patients were slightly underweight (25.1 ± 4.19 vs. 22.7 ± 4.16, p = 0.035) and got to surgery faster (0.89 ± 0.69 vs 1.54 ± 1.48, p = 0.039). Across all groups, there were no differences in the need for blood transfusion or other quality markers.

Conclusion

The LOH block was safe and effective for use in anticoagulated hip fracture patients. This technique provided an intraoperative safety profile similar to other anesthetic choices, allowed for less delay to surgery compared to spinal anesthesia and improved discharge parameters compared to GA.

Level of Evidence III

Prognostic Level III.