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The Effectiveness of Femoral/Sciatic Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, 10/14/09

Leach D et al. – The general/femoral/sciatic group members experienced less pain as evidenced by the lower visual analog scale scores and less use of adjunct narcotics. They also performed better with increased knee flexion and extension scores than those in the general/spinal group. There was no difference in length of stay or significant differences between the groups with medical complications. Findings indicate that femoral/sciatic nerve blocks in unilateral TKA are an effective method of postoperative pain management.

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