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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 235-237 |
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Genicular nerve block for postoperative pain relief after total knee replacement
Rajendra Kumar Sahoo1, Chaitanya Krishna2, Mukesh Kumar3, Abhijit Sukumaran Nair4
1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management, Health World Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement, Health World Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
3 Department of Anaesthesiology, Health World Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
4 Department of Anaesthesiology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abhijit Sukumaran Nair
Department of Anaesthesiology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500 034
India
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DOI: 10.4103/sja.SJA_611_19
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There are several modalities described to manage postoperative pain after a total knee replacement (TKR). Presently the regional anaesthesia techniques used after TKR focus on more peripheral, motor sparing blocks so as to facilitate early ambulation along with good quality pain relief. We describe use of ultrasound guided 3 point genicular nerve block (GNB) for managing postoperative pain successfully after a TKR.
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