This is a retrospective review to evaluate the efficacy of femoral nerve block in providing analgesia following reconstructive surgery of the knee and to compare the postoperative course of patients who received femoral nerve block with a retrospective cohort who were cared for prior to the institution of a regional anesthesia program. The investigators hypothesize that femoral nerve blockade limits postoperative opioid needs, improves analgesia and facilitates discharge home when compared to intravenous opioid use following reconstructive knee surgery.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
Ropivacaine
Whatever opioids prescribed
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Duration of hospitalization
duration of hospitalization and need for inpatient admission in patients who received femoral nerve block versus those who received intravenous opioids
Time frame: 1 Week
Nausea and vomiting
Time frame: 1 Week
Total opioid use
Time frame: 1 Week
Postoperative pain score
Time frame: 1 Week
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