title: Regional anesthesia in knee arthroscopy: a new technique involving femoral and sciatic nerve blocks in knee arthroscopy.
abstract: We describe a new anesthetic technique of femoral and sciatic nerve blocks in knee arthroscopy. The sciatic nerve block is administered through a posterior approach, and the block of the femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves in a single anterior approach. This type of regional anesthesia is safe and effective, providing excellent intraoperative and postoperative analgesia as well as minimizing postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cappellino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jokl
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ruwe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D020679:Arthroscopes; D002045:Bupivacaine; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019723:Endoscopes; D004837:Epinephrine; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine; D002045:Bupivacaine; D004837:Epinephrine