Clinical Study
Pain Control after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparing Intra-Articular Local Anesthetic Injection with Femoral Nerve Block
Table 3
Postoperative pain intensity, cumulative opioid consumption, incidences of opioid-related side effects, time to ambulation, early ambulation, and hospital stay.
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Categorical data were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test. Continuous data were analyzed using -test. BW: body weight (kg). POD1: postoperative day 1. POD2: postoperative day 2. pain intensity scale: 0 = no pain, 1 = mild pain, 2 = moderate pain, 3 = severe pain, and 4 = extreme pain. to i.v. equivalent dose of morphine. pruritus or respiratory depression was recorded in both groups. time interval from the end of operation to postoperatively first time walking assisted with a walker. |