Multimodal analgesia protocol for pain management after total knee arthroplasty: comparison of three different regional analgesic techniques.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate three different analgesic techniques, continuous epidural analgesia (EA), continuous intra-articular (IA) infusion analgesia and continuous femoral nerve block (FNB) in postoperative pain management, length of hospital stay (LOS), and time of patient mobilization after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods

Seventy-two patients undergoing TKA were randomly allocated into three groups according to the analgesic technique used for postoperative pain management. Group EA patients received epidural analgesia (control group), group IA received intra-articular infusion and group FNB received femoral nerve block.

Results

Upon analyzing the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) scores at rest, at passive and active movement, up to 3 days postoperatively, we obse

SUBMITTER: Karpetas GZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8020020 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature