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Skin temperature during regional anesthesia of the lower extremity
Authors:Stevens Markus F  Werdehausen Robert  Hermanns Henning  Lipfert Peter
Affiliation:Department of Anesthesiology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. markus.stevens@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Abstract:Increase in skin temperature (Ts) occurs early during neuraxial blocks. However, the reliability of Ts to predict successful peripheral block is unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether an increase in Ts more than 1 degrees C precedes or follows an impairment of sensation after combined femoral and sciatic nerve block as well as after epidural anesthesia. In this prospective, nonrandomized study we determined Ts changes in 33 patients undergoing knee or foot surgery under femoral and sciatic nerve block and 10 patients undergoing epidural anesthesia. Perception and motor function were assessed every 5 min. An increase in Ts (> or =1 degrees C) at the foot occurred later after sciatic nerve block than after epidural anesthesia (10.3 +/- 2.8 versus 5.0 min; P < 0.01). Alterations of Ts at skin innervated by the femoral nerve were <1 degrees C. Ts increase preceded sensory block after sciatic nerve block in 6.6% of patients but indicated a successful block (sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy = 100%). We conclude that an increase of Ts is a reliable, but late, sign of successful sciatic nerve block. Therefore it is of limited clinical value. Ts changes after femoral nerve block are negligible and late.
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