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Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series

Arthroscopic knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed as an outpatient surgery, where adequate pain control and early ambulation play key roles in recovery and discharge. Peripheral nerve blocks aid in this purpose. Blockade of the genicular nerves, the articular br...

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Autores principales: Ramanujam, Vendhan, DiMaria, Stephen, Varma, Vivek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44550
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description Arthroscopic knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed as an outpatient surgery, where adequate pain control and early ambulation play key roles in recovery and discharge. Peripheral nerve blocks aid in this purpose. Blockade of the genicular nerves, the articular branches of the knee, has recently become popular for knee surgery. We report on four patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with ultrasound-guided genicular nerve blocks (GNBs) under general anesthesia. The blocks were reliably performed without any complications, and the patients experienced good pain control, reduced opioid intake, and timely discharge following the surgery. These findings necessitate future investigations into the use of GNBs in ACL reconstruction.
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spelling pubmed-105449452023-10-03 Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series Ramanujam, Vendhan DiMaria, Stephen Varma, Vivek Cureus Anesthesiology Arthroscopic knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is commonly performed as an outpatient surgery, where adequate pain control and early ambulation play key roles in recovery and discharge. Peripheral nerve blocks aid in this purpose. Blockade of the genicular nerves, the articular branches of the knee, has recently become popular for knee surgery. We report on four patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with ultrasound-guided genicular nerve blocks (GNBs) under general anesthesia. The blocks were reliably performed without any complications, and the patients experienced good pain control, reduced opioid intake, and timely discharge following the surgery. These findings necessitate future investigations into the use of GNBs in ACL reconstruction. Cureus 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10544945/ /pubmed/37790037 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44550 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ramanujam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ramanujam, Vendhan
DiMaria, Stephen
Varma, Vivek
Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title_full Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title_fullStr Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title_short Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series
title_sort ultrasound-guided genicular nerve blocks for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery in an outpatient setting: a case series
topic Anesthesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44550
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