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Review
. 2018 Jan;18(1):8-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2017.11.003. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Anaesthesia and analgesia for knee joint arthroplasty

R O'Donnell  1 , J Dolan  1
Affiliations
Review

Anaesthesia and analgesia for knee joint arthroplasty

R O'Donnell et al. BJA Educ. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative pathways for patients undergoing knee joint arthroplasty.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Ultrasound-guided adductor canal block. AL: Adductor longus muscle; LA: Local anaesthetic; RA: Reverberation artefact; SFA: Superficial femoral artery; SM: Sartorius muscle; SN: Saphenous nerve; VAM: Vastoadductor membrane; VM: Vastus medialis muscle. The unlabelled arrows indicate the block needle.
Fig 3
Fig 3
Ultrasound-guided local infiltration. N: Needle; RF: Rectus femoris muscle; T: Transducer (linear, high frequency); VI: Vastus intermedius muscle.
Fig 4
Fig 4
IPACK Block. CPN: Common peroneal nerve; LA: Local anaesthetic; PA: Popliteal artery; PCK: Posterior capsule of the knee; TN: Tibial nerve. The unlabelled arrows indicate the needle.
Fig 5
Fig 5
The distal branch of nerve to vastus lateralis in the thigh. F: Femur; LA: Local anaesthetic; LCFA: Descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery; NVL: Nerve to vastus lateralis muscle; RF: Rectus femoris muscle; VL: Vastus lateralis muscle. The small unlabelled arrows indicate the block needle.
Fig 6
Fig 6
The adductor canal catheter. AL: Adductor longus muscle; LA: Local anaesthetic; PC: Perineural catheter; SFA: Superficial femoral artery; SM: Sartorius muscle; SN: Saphenous nerve; VAM: Vastoadductor membrane; VM: Vastus medialis muscle.
Fig 7
Fig 7
Continuous adductor canal infusion. CB: Carry bag for the elastomeric pump; EP: Elastomeric pump containing local anaesthetic; PC: Perineural catheter; T: Transducer position for inserting the catheter.
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