The OR will be caring for a patient who will receive a transsacral block. For what patient would the use of a transsacral block be appropriate for pain control?
A) A middle-aged man who is scheduled for a thoracotomy
B) An older adult man who will undergo an inguinal hernia repair
C) A 50-year-old woman who will be having a reduction mammoplasty
D) A child who requires closed reduction of a right humerus fracture
Ans: B
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A transsacral block produces anesthesia for the perineum and lower abdomen. Both a thoracotomy and breast reduction are in the chest region, and a transsacral block would not provide pain control for these procedures. A closed reduction of a right humerus is a procedure on the right arm, and a transsacral block would not provide pain control.
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