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Originally Posted by pavulon
I hope you were offered a popliteal block...bupivacaine, epi, tetracaine, clonidine please.
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No, ankle block or field block would be preferable for this, bupivicaine, and if using this, what would you want tetracaine for, which practically nobody uses.
Elevate your foot, use your surgical shoe/boot.
When I do these, I like to use a fully threaded screw, and overdrill the distal phalanx so you get good compression. I usually remove the screw, because if you don't, they tend to cause trouble, and will often break. Easier to remove fully threaded than partially threaded cancellous screw. Herbert screw is nice for this too, headless, with different pitch on the two threaded areas to give compression.