Comparative Study Between Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Block Versus Ultrasound Guided Saphenous Nerve Block After Total Knee Replacement

Abstract

otal knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most commonly performed operations in our daily practice. It is indicated in all patients with severe osteoarthritis and it needs early postoperative ambulation to improve postoperative outcomes and to reduce immobility related complications. Providing adequate analgesic control is very important to achieve functional recovery, facilitates rehabilitation and attenuates the progression from acute to chronic postsurgical pain, aiming to maximize non-opioid analgesics in addition to regional analgesic techniques. It is estimated that the majority of patients experience either severe pain (60% of patients) or moderate pain (30% of patients) following TKA surgeries. With the emergence of enhanced recovery after surgery ERAS clinical pathways, many surgical specialties are adopting multimodal analgesic regimens to improve patient outcomes.