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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / The efficacy and safety of continuous versus single-injection popliteal sciatic nerve block in outpatient foot and ankle surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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2019 Oct 10


BMC Musculoskelet Disord


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601208?dopt=Abstract


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The efficacy and safety of continuous versus single-injection popliteal sciatic nerve block in outpatient foot and ankle surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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The efficacy and safety of continuous versus single-injection popliteal sciatic nerve block in outpatient foot and ankle surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ma H-H, Chou T-F A, Tsai S-W, Chen C-F, Wu P-K, Chen W-M
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Oct 10; 20(1):441.
PMID: 31601208.

Abstract

Continuous popliteal sciatic nerve block (CPSNB) has been performed in outpatient foot and ankle surgery as a regional anesthesia method to relieve postoperative pain. Its efficacy as well as safety is yet to be established. There are two purposes of this study: (1) to validate the efficacy of CPSNB with regards to better pain relief and reduced analgesics consumption; (2) to assess the safety of CPSNB.
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