Ultrasound-guided femoral and sciatic nerve blocks combined with sedoanalgesia versus spinal anesthesia in total knee arthroplasty

Ultrasound-guided femoral and sciatic nerve blocks combined with sedoanalgesia versus spinal anesthesia in total knee arthroplasty

BackgroundAlthough regional anesthesia is the first choice for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), it may not be effective and the risk of complications is greater in patients who are obese or who have spinal deformities. We compared the success of ultrasound-guided femoral and sciati...

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Main Authors: Akcan Akkaya, Umit Yasar Tekelioglu, Abdullah Demirhan, Kutay Engin Ozturan, Hakan Bayir, Hasan Kocoglu, Murat Bilgi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2014-08-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
arthroplasty
femoral nerve
knee
nerve block
sciatic nerve
ultrasonography
Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-67-90.pdf

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