Sciatic nerve block for total-knee replacement: Is it really necessary in all patients? [2]

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-411

  Levesque, Simon ^a   Delbos, Alain ^a  

^a Clinique du Cours Dillon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; KETOPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 22244432488     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.03.007     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. C. Pham-Dang, E. Gautheron, J. Guilley, M. Fernandez, D. Waast, C. Volteau, J.M. Nguyen, M. Pinaud The value of adding sciatic block to continuous femoral block for analgesia after total knee replacement Reg Anesth Pain Med 30 2005 128 133
2. T. Horlocker, M.E. Cabanela, D.J. Wedel Does postoperative epidural analgesia increase the risk of peroneal nerve palsy after total knee arthroplasty? Anesth Analg 79 1994 495 500
3. J.P. Asp, J.A. Rand Peroneal nerve palsy after total knee arthroplasty Clin Orthop Relat Res 261 1990 233 237
4. P. Engerlhardt, R. Roder, M. Kohler Neurologic complications in implantation of knee endoprostheses A clinical and GMG-documented study Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb 125 1987 190 193
5. K.A. Krackow, D.C. Maar, M.A. Mont, C. Carroll Surgical decompression for peroneal nerve palsy after total knee arthroplasty Clin Orthop Relat Res 292 1993 223 228