Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty

Article Article scientifique Article Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty eng 2018 author Novello Siegenthaler Alessandra Stefania 877518 author Hamdani Mehdi 797986 author Iselin-Chaves Irène Anne 31383 author Fournier Roxane 33773 191 10.1186/s12871-018-0648-8 30567487 1471-2253 https://bmcanesthesiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12871-018-0648-8 Multiorifice catheters have been shown to provide superior analgesia and significantly reduce local anesthetic consumption compared with end-hole catheters in epidural studies. This prospective, blinded, randomized study tested the hypothesis that, in continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) under ultrasound guidance, multiorifice catheter would reduce local anesthetic consumption at 24 h compared with end-hole catheter. Aged Analgesia Patient-Controlled/methods Analgesics Opioid/administration & dosage Anesthetics Local/administration & dosage Arthroplasty Replacement Knee/methods Catheterization/methods Catheters Double-Blind Method Female Femoral Nerve/diagnostic imaging Humans Lidocaine/administration & dosage Male Middle Aged Morphine/administration & dosage Nerve Block/methods Pain Measurement Pain Postoperative/drug therapy Prospective Studies Ropivacaine/administration & dosage Time Factors Ultrasonography Interventional/methods Dewey 617 63 Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences 229 false BMC Anesthesiology 18 1 f1283721-f1ed-433a-b79b-349a76ef5b05 Article (Published version) Public document.pdf 745676 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences

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Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block: a randomized trial on the influence of femoral nerve catheter orifice configuration (six-hole versus end-hole) on post-operative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty	BMC Anesthesiology			2018	211	155

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Novello Siegenthaler, Alessandra Stefania