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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900801600324 |