Comparison of 2 Peripheral Nerve Blocks Techniques for Functional Recovery and Postoperative Pain Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Trial

11 October 2021 : Clinical Research

Inna Jaremko

^1ACDEF, Karina Lukaševič^1ABCDEF*, Šarūnas Tarasevičius^2CDE, Linas Zeniauskas^2DEF, Andrius Macas^1ADE, Arūnas Gelmanas^1ADEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.932848

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932848

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Table 2 The extent of motor blockade at different time points after TKA.

Time	No motor paralysis (Bromage I*)		With motor paralysis (Bromage II, III, IV*)		p value
Time	FT+ACBs	FNB	FT+ACBs	FNB	p value
3 hours	29 (37.7)	18 (23.4)	11 (14.3)	19 (24.6)	0.032^**
6 hours	38 (49.4)	25 (32.5)	2 (2.6)	12 (15.5)	0.002^**
24 hours	35 (45.5)	31 (40.3)	5 (6.5)	6 (7.7)	0.642^**
48 hours	34 (44.2)	29 (37.7)	6 (7.8)	8 (10.3)	0.452^**
Data are presented as n (%). FT+ACBs – distal femoral triangle and distal adductor canal blocks; FNB, femoral nerve block. ^* Bromage scale grades: I – free movement of legs and feet; II, – just able to flex knees with free movement of feet; III – unable to flex knees with free movement of feet; IV – unable to move legs and feet. ^** χ test.

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