Preoperative ultrasound-guided infiltration analgesia (US-LIA) with liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel, Pacira) is a safe, effective technique that reduces recovery times and hospital lengths of stay for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients, a new study suggests.
“In our institution, patients who have total knee arthroplasty receive an ultrasound-guided local infiltration analgesia,” said Sanjay Sinha, MD, study author and an anesthesiologist at Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute,