Postoperative Analgesia and Functional Recovery After Total-Knee Replacement: Comparison of a Continuous Posterior Lumbar Plexus (Psoas Compartment) Block, a Continuous Femoral Nerve Block, and the Combination of a Continuous Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block

Abstract

The FEM/SCI catheter is superior to FEM and PSOAS catheter with respect to reduced analgesic requirements after total-knee replacement, but functional outcome does not differ with those 3 continuous regional analgesia techniques.