Korean J Anesthesiol.
2013 Nov;65(5):410-417. 10.4097/kjae.2013.65.5.410.
Peripheral nerve blockade as an exclusive approach to obturator nerve block in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology Clinic, University Hospital of Larissa, Trikala, Greece. barekametaxia@hotmail.com
- 2Department of Orthopedic Clinic, University Hospital of Larissa, Trikala, Greece.
- KMID: 2299412
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2013.65.5.410
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
Obturator nerve block plays an additive role on the quality of analgesia for knee surgery. Since the use of dual guidance increases the success rate of nerve blocks, we investigated the feasibility of performing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction under dual-guided blockade of obturator with femoral and sciatic nerves. Furthermore, we propose a novel method for the assessment of obturator nerve block.
METHODS
Fifty-seven patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament repair were studied. Neurostimulating needles were guided out-of-plane by ultrasound. To induce the obturator nerve block, 10 ml of ropivacaine 0.5% were injected after eliciting contractions of adductor longus, brevis and magnus followed by block assessment for 30 minutes by examining the patient lift and left down the leg.
RESULTS
The sonographic recognition of obturator nerve was easy and quick in all cases. Time for applying the block was 119.9 +/- 79.2 sec. Assessing this block with lifting-leaving down the leg gave satisfactory results in 24.0 +/- 5.07 min. After performing femoral-sciatic blocks, the inflation of tourniquet resulted in VAS score of > 0 in 2/57 patients and operation in 12/57. Total dose of fentanyl was 120.1 +/- 64.6 microg and of midazolam 1.86 +/- 0.8 mg. In 6 patients propofol was administered for sedation and 1 of them required ventilation with laryngeal mask airway, converting the anesthesia technique to general anesthesia.
CONCLUSIONS
Our data suggest that anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can be performed under obturator-femoral-sciatic blocks. Identification of obturator nerve with ultrasound is easy and the block can be assessed by observing how the patient lifts and leaves down the leg.
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