Single-shot femoral nerve blockades or continuous FNB plus patient-controlled analgesia is more effective than PCA alone for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a study published ...

Improving methods for pain relief and rapid recovery after knee replacement surgery is important for several reasons: The procedure is one of the most commonly done surgeries in the country, it is ...

Postoperative pain is a primary reason young children and teenagers spend a night in the hospital after knee surgery. A recent study by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that an ...

In order to avoid some of the pain and the associated medications that can cause nausea, more patients are choosing an option to block pain just where it hurts. As knee replacement surgery becomes ...

A nerve block, or neural blockade, is a method of producing anesthesia — a loss of feeling used to prevent or control pain. Nerve blocks can be surgical or nonsurgical. Nonsurgical nerve blocks ...

Femoral neuropathy, or femoral nerve dysfunction, occurs when you can’t move or feel part of your leg because of damaged nerves, specifically the femoral nerve. This can result from an injury, ...

Sheep are frequently used for orthopedic studies 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Orthopedic surgeries are expected to elicit pain. This pain should be mitigated as much as possible, for both humane reasons (to keep ...

This prospective randomized trial studied patients undergoing primary, unilateral knee arthroplasty to determine whether using a catheter to deliver a continuous adductor canal block reduced the ...

Femoral neuropathy refers to any disorder that results from damage to the femoral nerve, including femoral nerve pain. It can lead to pain, numbness, weakness, and possibly paralysis in the legs. The ...