Combination Therapy with Continuous Three-in-One Femoral Nerve Block and Periarticular Multimodal Drug Infiltration after Total Hip Arthroplasty

Table 2

Overall comparison of outcomes.

	Total	CFNB	LIA	CFNB+LIA	value
	()	()	()	()
NSAIDs ( used/patient)	1.39 (0–4)	1.69 (0–4)	1.57 (0–4)	0.94 (0–3)	0.18
PONV	8 (8.6%)	3 (10%)	2 (6.3%)	3 (9.7%)	0.88
Meal (% consumed)	71.8 ± 23.4	74.2 ± 22.4	70.2 ± 25.2	71 ± 22.6	0.56
SLR achieved (day)	5.6 ± 2.9	6.1 ± 3.2	5.5 ± 2.7	5.2 ± 3.1	0.69
T cane walking (day)	6.8 ± 2.6	7.3 ± 3.0	6.6 ± 2.5	6.5 ± 2.4	0.51
10 m walking test (s)	14.2 ± 4.4	14.7 ± 4.6	14.4 ± 4.0	13.4 ± 4.7	0.67
TUG (s)	16.1 ± 5.2	16 ± 4.7	16.9 ± 5.6	15.2 ± 5.1	0.62
Hospital stay (days)	19.2 ± 2.5	19.7 ± 2.6	19 ± 2.4	19 ± 2.6	0.48
HHS (points)	83.2 ± 5.5	80.4 ± 14.9	80.4 ± 14.2	81.9 ± 14.6	0.90

CFNB = continuous femoral nerve block; LIA = local anaesthetic infiltration; VAS = visual analogue scale; NSAIDs = nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs; PONV = postoperative nausea and vomiting; SLR = straight leg raising; TUG = timed up and go; HHS = Harris Hip Score.