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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2004, Vol. 92, No. 2 273-274
© 2004 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Short Communications

Leg weakness is a complication of ilio-inguinal nerve block in children

A. K. Lipp*,1, J. Woodcock2, B. Hensman3 and K. Wilkinson1

1 Anaesthetic Department, 2 Day Procedure Unit and 3 Department of Paediatrics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK

*Corresponding author. E-mail: anna@lipp.org.uk

Background. Ilio-inguinal nerve block is commonly used in children to provide analgesia after surgery in the groin. Several case reports and clinical studies have described leg weakness after this technique and suggest that it may caused by inadvertent femoral nerve block. No prospective studies describing the incidence of this complication have been published.

Methods. We carried out a prospective, observational study to find out how many children had leg weakness after ilio-inguinal nerve block. We studied 200 children having day-case surgery in the groin under a general anaesthetic with an ilio-inguinal nerve block. All children performed a simple leg-raising test with each leg before induction of general anaesthesia with a standardized ilio-inguinal nerve block on the side of surgery. When the child was awake and comfortable after surgery, they repeated the leg-raising test.

Results. Sixteen of 182 children (8.8%) had leg weakness after surgery on the side of the nerve block only, as detected by a leg-raising test.

Conclusions. Leg weakness consistent with a femoral nerve block occurs after ilio-inguinal nerve block in approximately one in nine children.

Br J Anaesth 2004; 92: 273–4


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