Postoperative Fall after the Use of the 3-in-1 Femoral Nerve Block for Knee Surgery: A Report of Four Cases

We present a serious postoperative complication related to the use of femoral nerve block in 4 patients, each of whom fell and sustained further injury. Preoperatively, all patients underwent a 3-in-1 femoral nerve block with 30 to 35 ml of 0.25% levobupivacaine with 1:200 000 epinephrine, with guid...

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Main Authors: HDE Atkinson, I Hamid, CM Gupte, RC Russell, JM Handy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900801600324