Can bedside patient-reported numbness predict postoperative ambulation ability for total knee arthroplasty patients with nerve block catheters?

Seshadri C MudumbaiToni GanawayT Edward KimSteven K HowardNicholas J GioriCynthia ShumEdward R Mariano

Published in: Korean journal of anesthesiology (2016)

Adductor canal catheters facilitate improved early ambulation and produce less patient-reported numbness after knee replacement, but the correlation between these two variables is weak.

Keyphrases

patient reported
total knee arthroplasty
total hip
patients undergoing