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Quadratus Lumborum Block Does Not Decrease Morphine Consumption After Total Hip Arthroplasty

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August 2021

Quadratus Lumborum Block Does Not Decrease Morphine Consumption After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Vol: 61| Issue: 1| Number:4| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Anesthesiology. 2021 May 1;134(5): 722-733.

Contributing Authors:
SM Brixel P Biboulet F Swisser O Choquet Y Aarab H Nguyen S Bringuier X Capdevila

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Synopsis

One hundred patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty were randomized to receive a preoperative posterior quadratus lumborum block with ropivacaine (n=50) or placebo (n=50). The primary outcome of interest was total morphine consumption at 24-h postoperatively. Secondary outcomes of interest included intraoperative sufentanil consumption, postanesthesia care unit morphine consumption, pos...

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