The Optimal Analgesic Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty
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- DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000485
The Optimal Analgesic Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Abstract
Peripheral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty is ideally motor sparing while providing effective postoperative analgesia. To achieve these goals, one must understand surgical dissection techniques, distribution of nociceptive generators, sensory innervation of the knee, and nerve topography in the thigh.
Comment in
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Everybody Knows That the Dice Are Loaded: How Can We Block the Nerves That Innervate the Knee Joint Without Blocking the Nerves That Innervate That Joint?Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Nov/Dec;41(6):665-666. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000503. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016. PMID: 27776097 No abstract available.
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Single-Injection Technique for Medial Parapatellar Arthrotomy.Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Jul/Aug;42(4):542-543. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000576. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017. PMID: 28632680 No abstract available.
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