[Regional anaesthesia and analgesia for total knee replacement].
Postoperative analgesia for total knee replacement with a continuous nerve catheter is more effective than any other form of systemic analgesia. For complete analgesia a combined technique of a femoral with a proximal sciatic nerve block is recommended. An easy and reliable way to achieve this is a femoral or a fascia iliaca compartment block together with a subgluteal sciatic nerve block.
Morin
Astrid M
AM
Klinik fur Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Standort Marburg. morin@staff.uni-marburg.de
D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012584:Sciatic Nerve; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000700:Analgesics