Newer equipment and improved ultrasound imaging make femoral nerve blocks a more viable choice for post-operative pain relief in total joint replacements, allowing patients to block pain just where it ...

As a result, femoral nerve block is gaining support as the ‘gold standard’ analgesic technique following hip fracture (Martin and Ali, 2002; NHS Modernisation Agency, 2001; Parker, 2000). Femoral ...

Exparel Meets Trial Endpoint in Femoral Nerve Block in Knee Arthroplasty Pacira Pharmaceuticals announced that the Phase 3 trial assessing the safety and efficacy of Exparel (bupivacaine ...

Using femoral nerve block catheters after ACL reconstruction maintains postoperative pain below the moderate-to-severe threshold for up to four days, according to a recent study.Brian Williams, MD ...

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NEW ORLEANS -- A long-lasting formulation of the analgesic bupivacaine (Exparel) can do as good a job reducing post-surgical pain among knee replacement patients as continuous femoral nerve blocks, re ...

Femoral nerve blocks are useful in controlling leg pain in several situations -- for example, in patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery.

Use of intermittent femoral and sciatic nerve block combined with an in-house physiotherapy protocol among patients with knee stiffness produced early gain of range of motion, less range-of-motion ...

Femoral and sciatic nerve blocks are often used for postoperative analgesia following total knee replacement surgery. In this case report, we focus on cases of heel ulcers following the ...

An Ohio jury has awarded $554,022 to a patient who lost the full use of her leg after a peripheral nerve block at Evandale Surgical Center in Cincinnati in 2009, according to Outpatient Surgery.

The bupivacaine dosage used in femoral and sciatic nerve blocks in people is often 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine per nerve (a total dose of 100 mg bupivacaine for two nerves, ...