Multimodal Drug Infiltration in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Is Posterior Capsular Infiltration Worth the Risk?

Summary

Multimodal local anesthetic infiltration (LAI) provides effective pain control in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Some surgeons avoid posterior capsular infiltration (PCI) for fear of damaging posterior neurovascular structures. Data are limited on the added benefits of PCI using different combinations of local anesthetic agents. Therefore, the investigator wanted to know the effectiveness of pain control in LAI with and without PCI. Half of participants received LAI with PCI, while the other half received LAI without PCI during total knee arthroplasty.

Timeline

Start

2014-04

Primary completion

2015-04

Completion

2015-04

Publications

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• Results Busch CA, Shore BJ, Bhandari R, Ganapathy S, MacDonald SJ, Bourne RB, Rorabeck CH, McCalden RW. Efficacy of periarticular multimodal drug injection in total knee arthroplasty. A randomized trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 May;88(5):959-63. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00344.
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• Results Adibatti M, V S. Study on variant anatomy of sciatic nerve. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Aug;8(8):AC07-9. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9116.4725. Epub 2014 Aug 20.
• Results Vloka JD, Hadzic A, April E, Thys DM. The division of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa: anatomical implications for popliteal nerve blockade. Anesth Analg. 2001 Jan;92(1):215-7. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200101000-00041.
• Results Tsukada S, Wakui M, Hoshino A. Postoperative epidural analgesia compared with intraoperative periarticular injection for pain control following total knee arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Sep 3;96(17):1433-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01098.
• Results Vendittoli PA, Makinen P, Drolet P, Lavigne M, Fallaha M, Guertin MC, Varin F. A multimodal analgesia protocol for total knee arthroplasty. A randomized, controlled study. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Feb;88(2):282-9. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00173.
• Results Krenzel BA, Cook C, Martin GN, Vail TP, Attarian DE, Bolognesi MP. Posterior capsular injections of ropivacaine during total knee arthroplasty: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Arthroplasty. 2009 Sep;24(6 Suppl):138-43. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.03.014. Epub 2009 Jun 10.

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