Positioning the Catheter Tip Anterior or Posterior to the Saphenous Nerve in Continuous Adductor Canal Block: A Mono-Centric Retrospective Comparative Study.

Antonio Coviello Alessio BernasconiGiovanni BalatoEzio SpasariMarilena IannielloMassimo MaricondaMaria VargasCarmine IacovazzoFrancesco SmeragliaAndrea TognùGiuseppe Servillo

Published in: Local and regional anesthesia (2022)

In cACB for TKA, we found that positioning the catheter tip posteriorly to the saphenous nerve may lead to a greater postoperative analgesia and reduce the risk of pump block compared to placing the catheter tip anteriorly to the nerve.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
peripheral nerve
patients undergoing
total knee arthroplasty
cross sectional
chronic pain
postoperative pain