You are the nurse caring for a patient who will receive a transsacral block. In what surgeries would a transsacral block be useful for pain control?
A) Thoracotomy
B) Inguinal hernia repair
C) Breast reduction
D) Closed reduction of a right humerus
Ans: B
Feedback: A transsacral block produces anesthesia for the perineum and lower abdomen. Options A, C, and D are incorrect. 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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