Hematoma of thight as popliteal block complication
Cennet Tor Kılıç, Yavuz Gürkan
Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Keywords: Complication, hematoma; popliteal sciatic block; regional anesthesia.
Abstract
This report was submitted to share an experience of the development of a local hematoma as a complication following ultrasound-guided popliteal block performance in a 92-year-old, American Society of Anaesthesiologists class III, male patient undergoing surgical excision of a malignant melanoma lesion in the base of the left foot performed by the plastic surgery department.