Improved pain control with adductor canal block using liposomal bupivacaine after total knee replacement: a retrospective cohort study

Background: Adductor canal blocks (ACBs), typically administered with a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine, help control perioperative pain after total knee arthroplasty. Recently, liposomal bupivacaine (LB) was introduced in an attempt to extend the duration of analgesia, used primarily in periar...

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Main Authors: Akshay Lakra, MD, Matthew Grosso, MD, Emma L. Jennings, BS, H. John Cooper, MD, Roshan P. Shah, MD, Jeffrey A. Geller, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234411930041X