Postoperative Analgesia and Functional Recovery After Total-Knee Replacement: Comparison of a Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus (Psoas Compartment) Block, a Continuous Femoral Nerve Block, and the Combination of a Continuous Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Blo

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9098571	Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine	2005	12 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The FEM/SCI catheter is superior to FEM and PSOAS catheter with respect to reduced analgesic requirements after total-knee replacement, but functional outcome does not differ with those 3 continuous regional analgesia techniques.

Keywords

Psoas compartment block sciatic nerve block Femoral nerve block continuous peripheral nerve block lumbar plexus block

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Postoperative Analgesia and Functional Recovery After Total-Knee Replacement: Comparison of a Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus (Psoas Compartment) Block, a Continuous Femoral Nerve Block, and the Combination of a Continuous Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Blo

Authors

Astrid M. M.D., Caroline D. M.D., Leopold H.J. M.D., Gerhard M.D., Elke M.S., Nadine M.S., Gudrun R.N., Götz M.D., Hinnerk M.D.,