ArticleAnesthesiology and pain medicine2012
Postoperative pain control for total knee arthroplasty: continuous femoral nerve block versus intravenous patient controlled analgesia.
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- The Effect of Adding Corticosteroid to the Periarticular Injection Cocktail for Pain Control after Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Double-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of ERAS (Enhanced Recovery after Surgery) Protocol via Peripheral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of continuous femoral nerve block for pain relief after total knee arthroplasty: comparison with epidural patient-controlled analgesia and periarticular injection.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Article
- Is changing the postoperative pain management in total knee arthroplasty from femoral nerve block to local infiltration analgesia successful? Retrospective trial with the first and last 100 patients.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- A nomogram for predicting the need for sciatic nerve block after total knee arthroplasty.Journal of anesthesia · 2016Article
- Single Shot Adductor Canal Block for Postoperative Analgesia of Pediatric Patellar Dislocation Surgery: A Case-Series Report.Medicine · 2015Article
- Effects of preoperative use of oral dextromethorphan on postoperative need for analgesics in patients with knee arthroscopy.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2014Article
- Magnesium sulfate and sufentanil for patient-controlled analgesia in orthopedic surgery.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2014Article
- Pain Management for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Single-Injection Femoral Nerve Block versus Local Infiltration Analgesia.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2014Article
- Intravenous paracetamol for postoperative analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2013Article
- A randomized, controlled trial of comparison of a continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) and continuous epidural infusion (CEI) using 0.2% ropivacaine for postoperative analgesia and knee rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPain after total knee arthroplasty is severe and impacts functional recovery.
objectivesWe performed a retrospective study, comparing conventional patient control analgesia (PCA) modalities versus continuous femoral nerve blockade (CFNB) for 1582 post-TKA (total knee arthroplasty) patients. PATIENTS AND
methodsUsing our electronic acute pain service (APS) database, we reviewed the data of 579 patients who had received CFNBs compared with 1003 patients with intravenous PCA over 4 years.
resultsOur results show that the incidence of a severe pain episode was higher in the PCA compared with the CFNB group. Lower pain scores were observed in the CFNB group compared with the PCA group from postoperative day (POD) 1 to 3, primarily due to lower rest pain scores in the CFNB group.
conclusionsOur study shows that there is improvement in pain scores, at rest and on movement, as well as a reduction in incidence of severe pain, in patients who receive CFNB versus those who receive intravenous PCA.
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