Conscious Sedation With Suprainguinal Facia Iliaca Block Versus Ilioinguinal Iliohypogastric Block for TAVI

Conscious Sedation With Suprainguinal Facia Iliaca Block Versus Ilioinguinal Iliohypogastric Block for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

the aim of the present study is to compare suprainguinal fascia iliaca block and ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric (II-IH) nerve block in improving the quality of conscious sedation, including reducing patients' requirements for analgesia also better satisfaction for both patient and surgeon as regards patient outcome and decreasing the incidence of conversion to general anesthesia during TAVI procedure

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged >20 years with severe aortic stenosis undergoing elective, non-emergent, non-urgent transfemoral Sapien 3TM (Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Irvine, CA, USA) or CoreValveTM (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) implantation were included in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• younger than 20 years