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BACKGROUND Several factors, such as compromised cardiopulmonary function, anticoagulative therapy, or anatomical deformity in the elderly, prevent general anesthesia and neuraxial blockade from being conducted for total knee replacement arthroplasty (TKRA). We investigated the efficacy of femoral/sciatic nerve block with lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (FSNB) as an alternative procedure i...

Wake Forest School of Medicine 73 Background: For ultrasound-guided saphenous nerve blockade within the adductor canal, the location of the saphenous nerve relative to the superficial femoral artery may be important for continuous blockade or low-volume, diagnostic block. Currently, there are inconsistencies in the literature and anatomy textbooks as to the anatomic relationship of these two st...

INTRODUCTION Proximal femoral fractures are most common fractures in the elderly. To relieve the pain due to the injury, conventional management modality is administration of systemic opioids and non-steroid anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this study, we examined the effectiveness of fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in pain management in acute stage for patients with proximal femoral...