Open AccessAnesthesia for knee arthroscopy: which nerves should be blocked?
Author(s) -
R. P. Chaplynskyy,
Olha Perepelytsia,
Yevhen Perepelytsia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medicina bolû
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-2752
pISSN - 2414-3812
DOI - 10.31636/pmjua.v6i2.6
Subject(s) - adductor canal , medicine , knee arthroscopy , arthroscopy , spinal anesthesia , obturator nerve , orthopedic surgery , anesthesia , knee surgery , surgery , knee joint , total knee arthroplasty , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine , pathology
Nowadays knee arthroscopy is the most common orthopedic procedure. It is used to diagnose and treat various pathological conditions. Usually knee arthroscopy can be performed using spinal anesthesia. The article presents a successful experience of using a combined technique, which consist in a unilateral subarachnoid anesthesia with additional adductor canal block and blocks of the articular branches of the sciatic and obturator nerves.