66: Epidural analgesia compared with continuous femoral and sciatic nerve block using stimulating catheters for postoperative pain therapy after knee arthroplasty

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 20-20
Author(s):  
P FRITZE ◽  
S ANDERL ◽  
A MAROUF ◽  
R CUMLIVSKI ◽  
C MUELLER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Epidural Analgesia ◽  
Nerve Block ◽  
Knee Arthroplasty ◽  
Pain Therapy ◽  
Sciatic Nerve Block ◽  
Postoperative Pain Therapy

scholarly journals Comparison of continuous femoral nerve block with and without combined sciatic nerve block after total hip arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoji Nishio ◽  
Shigeo Fukunishi ◽  
Tomokazu Fukui ◽  
Yuki Fujihara ◽  
Shohei Okahisa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Total Hip Arthroplasty ◽  
Nerve Block ◽  
Hip Arthroplasty ◽  
Femoral Nerve Block ◽  
Femoral Nerve ◽  
Sciatic Nerve Block ◽  
Nerve Blockade ◽  
Continuous Femoral Nerve Block

In association with the growing interests in pain management, several modalities to control postoperative pain have been proposed and examined for the efficacy in the recent studies. Various modes of peripheral nerve block have been proposed and the effectiveness and safety have been examined for each of those techniques. We have described our clinical experiences, showing that continuous femoral nerve block could provide a satisfactory analgesic effect after total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedure. In this study, we compared the effectiveness and safety of continuous femoral nerve block with and without sciatic nerve blockade on pain control after THA. Forty patients scheduled for THA were included in the study and randomly divided into 2 groups. Postoperative analgesic measure was continuous femoral nerve block alone, while the identical regimen of continuous femoral nerve block was combined with sciatic nerve block. The amount of postoperative pain was evaluated in the immediate postoperative period, 6 hours, and 12 hours after surgery. Moreover, postoperative complications as well as requirement of supplemental analgesics during the initial 12 hours after surgery were reviewed in the patient record. The obtained study results showed that the supplemental sciatic nerve blockade provided no significant effect on arrival at the postoperative recovery room, while the NRS pain score was significantly reduced by the combined application of sciatic nerve blockade at 6 and 12 hours after surgery. In the investigation of postoperative analgesiarelated complications, no major complication was encountered without significant difference in complication rate between the groups.

A nomogram for predicting the need for sciatic nerve block after total knee arthroplasty

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 864-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rovnat Babazade ◽  
Thilak Sreenivasalu ◽  
Pankaj Jain ◽  
Matthew T. Hutcherson ◽  
Amanda J. Naylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Knee Arthroplasty ◽  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Nerve Block ◽  
Knee Arthroplasty ◽  
Sciatic Nerve Block ◽  
Total Knee
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