Ankle Block- An Alternative to Conventional Anaesthesia for Foot Surgery in a Patient with Cardiac Disease

Abstract

Nidhi Pathak1 , Bhavya Krishna2

A 64-year-old gentleman presented to us for wound debridement of left foot with diabetic ulcer. The patient had 2 ulcers (5 X 3 cm and 3 X 2 cm) on the left foot since around 10 days. Earlier the ulcers were smaller in size for which he was getting dressing done from a local hospital.

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