SPINAL ANESTHESIA AND INTERSCALENE / SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL BLOCK iN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE

Authors : Ayşegül BİLGE, Sule ARICAN

Pages : 81-84

Doi:10.33706/jemcr.609134

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Publication Date : 2019-07-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Objective: The use of novel chemothe  rapeutic agents in the  treatment of multiple myeloma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MM);  has improved life expe ctancy  and quality of life in thesepatients in t he last decade. Therefore, more MM pati ents are treated for repeati ng path ologica l fractures. Case Report: in our case spinal, interscalene and superficial cervical blocks were performed in a  61-ye ar-old MM patient who will be operated due to tibial and humoral pathologic fractures and was at risk for general anesth esia due to cardiac and pulmonary problems. Conclusion: in this report, we demonstrated that the use of regional anesthesia is a good option in  order to minimizeanest hesi a related risk level in the presence of MM.
Keywords : multiple myeloma, regional anesth esia