Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Dec 2024
Popliteal plexus block in total knee arthroplasty: a single-center randomized controlled double-blinded trial.
Whether a popliteal plexus block improves postoperative pain following total knee arthroplasty remains debated. This randomized trial tested if adding a popliteal plexus block to a continuous femoral nerve block decreases postoperative opioid requirement. ⋯ Adding a popliteal plexus block to a continuous femoral nerve block decreases 12-hour opioid utilization, but the effect size is small, calling into question its clinical relevance.