AAHKS 2023: Intermittent Bolus vs Continuous Fusion after Total Knee Arthroplasty .
Intermittent Bolus vs. Continuous Infusion after Total Knee Arthroplasty with Adductor Canal Blocks
50 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty were randomized to receive either programmed intermittent bolus (PIB) or continuous infusion (CI) of an adductor canal block. Outcomes of interest included pain scores, milligrams of morphine equivalents (MME), quality of recover-15, and (QoR-15) scores. The PIB group showed significantly lower MME with similar length of stay and QoR-15 scores.
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