Tosun F, Ozen M, Tatar C, Alakus H. Unilateral Spinal Anesthesia Experience in a Supercentenarian.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015;
5:117-8. [PMID:
26402023 DOI:
10.1213/xaa.0000000000000209]
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Abstract
Improvement of living and socioeconomic conditions, developments, and innovations in medicine and technology has prolonged of life expectancy. We provided spinal anesthesia for a 111-year-old woman requiring internal fixation of a fractured femur. The operation lasted 75 minutes. After surgery, the patient was monitored in the intensive care unit overnight. The patient was discharged from the intensive care unit after 24-hour monitoring without any complications. She was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 2.
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