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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jan 2006
Comparative StudyTotal knee arthroplasty as an overnight-stay procedure using continuous femoral nerve blocks at home: a prospective feasibility study.
- Brian M Ilfeld, Peter F Gearen, F Kayser Enneking, Linda F Berry, Eugene H Spadoni, Steven Z George, and Krista Vandenborne.
- Department of Anesthesiology, PUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. bilfeld@ulf.edu
- Anesth. Analg. 2006 Jan 1;102(1):87-90.
AbstractThe average duration of hospitalization after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the United States is 4-5 days. In this two-phase study we investigated the feasibility of converting TKA into an overnight-stay procedure using a continuous femoral nerve block provided at home through postoperative day 4. Nine of 10 patients met discharge criteria and were discharged home the day after surgery. Pain was well controlled, opioid requirements and sleep disturbances were minimal, and patient satisfaction was high. Additional research is required to replicate these results in a controlled trial, define the appropriate subset of patients, and assess the incidence of complications associated with this practice before its mainstream use.
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