Distribution of Injectate and Sensory-Motor Blockade after Adductor Canal Block

[en] BACKGROUND: The analgesic efficacy reported for the adductor canal block may be related to the spread of local anesthetic outside the adductor canal. METHODS: Fifteen patients undergoing knee surgery received ultrasound-guided injections of local anesthetic at the level of the adductor hiatus. Sensory-motor block and spread of contrast solution were assessed. RESULTS: Sensation was rated as "markedly diminished" or "absent" in the saphenous nerve distribution and "slightly diminished" in the sciatic nerve territory without motor deficits. Contrast solution was found in the popliteal fossa. CONCLUSIONS: The spread of injectate to the popliteal fossa may contribute to the analgesic efficacy of adductor canal block. © 2015 International Anesthesia Research Society.

Disciplines :

Anesthesia & intensive care

Author, co-author :

Gautier, P. E.; Department of Anesthesiology, Clinique Ste Anne-St Remi, Brussels, Belgium

Hadzic, A.; Ziekenhuis, Oost-Limburg, 2753 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

LECOQ, Jean-Pierre ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service médical d'anesthésie - réanimation

Brichant, Jean-Francois ; Université de Liège - ULiège

Kuroda, M. M.; North American Institute for Continuing Education (NAICE), New York, NY, United States

Vandepitte, C.; Ziekenhuis, Oost-Limburg, 2753 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Title :

Distribution of Injectate and Sensory-Motor Blockade after Adductor Canal Block

Publication date :

2016

Journal title :

Anesthesia and Analgesia

ISSN :

0003-2999

eISSN :

1526-7598

Publisher :

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Volume :

122

Issue :

Pages :

279-282

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