Background Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common and often painful operation.
Femoral nerve block (FNB) is frequently used for postoperative analgesia. Objectives To …

Background Arthrofibrosis is a debilitating postoperative complication of total knee
arthroplasty (TKA). It is one of the leading causes of hospital readmission and a predominant …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in local infiltration analgesia (LIA) as a
technique to control postoperative pain. We conducted a systematic review of randomized …

Total knee arthroplasty is associated with substantial postoperative pain that may impair
mobility, reduce the ability to participate in rehabilitation, lead to chronic pain, and reduce …

Opioid use and abuse has become a national crisis in the United States. Many opioid
abusers become addicted through an initial course of legal, physician-prescribed …

We analyze the effects of a multimodal analgesic regimen on postoperative pain, function,
adverse effects and satisfaction compared to patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). Thirty-six …

Improvements in pain management techniques in the last decade have had a major impact
on the practice of total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA). Although there are a …

Preemptive and multimodal pain control protocols have been introduced to enhance
rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We determined the complication rate …

Introduction An attractive option to reduce hospital length of stay (LOS) after hip or knee joint
replacement (THA, TKA) is to follow the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery principles (ERAS) …

Background and purpose Pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is usually severe, and
epidural analgesia or femoral nerve block has been considered to be an effective pain …