Pain control post total knee replacement in patients given local infiltrative analgesia combined with adductor canal block compared to either modality alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Optimising postoperative pain following knee replacement is important for patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare funders. Adductor canal blocks (ACB) are widely used but there is uncertainty about their efficacy when combined with local infiltration analgesia (LIA) compared with either LIA or ACB alone.

Design

A systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled. The primary outcome was pain over the first 72 hours. Secondary outcomes included morphine use, range of movement, distance walked, length of hospital stay, health economic outcomes and reported adverse events.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, EB Health - KSR Evidence, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, International HTA database, ClinicalTrials.gov and the In

SUBMITTER: Mott A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature