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Local Infiltration Analgesia for Orthopedic Joint Surgery
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Local Infiltration Analgesia for Orthopedic Joint Surgery

Sugantha Ganapathy, James L. Howard and Rakesh V. Sondekoppam
Complications of Regional Anesthesia, pp.381-398
Springer International Publishing
05/04/2017
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_24

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Abstract

Local infiltration analgesia with ropivacaine, ketorolac, and epinephrine provides excellent analgesia following total knee joint arthroplasty.Local infiltration analgesia following THA provides analgesic benefit in the early part of postoperative period but may not offer any additional benefits after the first 6 h, over and above what is provided by oral multimodal analgesiaThe motor sparing effect of LIA translates into better range of motion and early physiotherapy but does not correlate with hospital length of stay or decreased patient falls.Continuous catheter techniques for periarticular and intra-articular infusion offer analgesic benefits over placebo and single injections but at the same time increase the risk of infections.LIA techniques for arthroscopic surgeries may increase the risk of glenohumeral chondrolysis, and hence continuous intra-articular infusions into joints with intact articular cartilage are discouraged.
Chondrolysis High volume local infiltration analgesia (HV-LIA) Local anesthesia (LA) Local anesthetic toxicity Local infiltration (LI) Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) Postoperative pain Total hip arthroplasty (THA) Total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

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