Midfemoral nerve block for foot surgery: is there an anatomical-clinical correlation between motor response and latency?
This approach provides an effective block with minimum latency in patients who have a flexion or extension motor response in the foot and/or fingers, inversion, or plantar flexion, which assumes that the injection has reached the common trunk of the sciatic or tibial nerve. However, a longer latency is associated with a peroneal motor response, particularly eversion.
All patients located at LTCI are at potential risk for osteoporotic fractures. Global interventions should include vitamin D, calcium, and a comprehensive exercise program. In patients who are at high risk for osteoporotic fractures or with previous fractures, pharmacological treatment should be started.