Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - Amputations
General considerations
Amputations can be performed under general or regional anesthesia. There is no mortality difference between regional and general anesthesia. Regardless, insertion of an epidural catheter or perineural block is typically recommended for postoperative pain control. Postoperative stump pain is effectively treated with either continuous perineural infusion of bupivacaine or epidural infusion of bupivacaine combined with an opioid.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - Amputations." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728617/all/Anesthesia_for_Vascular_Surgery___Amputations.
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - Amputations. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728617/all/Anesthesia_for_Vascular_Surgery___Amputations. Accessed July 28, 2025.
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - Amputations. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728617/all/Anesthesia_for_Vascular_Surgery___Amputations
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - Amputations [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 28]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728617/all/Anesthesia_for_Vascular_Surgery___Amputations.
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