[Complications during the use of a catheter for continuous lumbar plexus block during implantation of a total hip endoprosthesis].

Abstract

A 78-year-old female patient undergoing a hip operation received a catheter for continuous lumbar plexus blockade. The catheter was positioned without complications but its removal had apparently proved to be difficult. The catheter entered the operative site and its tip was coagulated by the coagulation forceps. There were no subsequent complications.