Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Nov 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyCombination of Perineural and Wound Infusion After Above Knee Amputation - A randomized, controlled multicenter study.
Post-operative pain after an above-knee amputation is often severe, and in the elderly patients the adverse effects of post-operative opioids are evident. We hypothesized that continuous perineural local anesthetic infusion (CPI) combined to a wound infusion will reduce acute pain and opioid consumption compared to placebo after above knee amputation. ⋯ A combination of continuous perineural and wound local anesthetic infusion seems to diminish the intensity of stump pain after above knee amputation.