New York—The use of liposomal bupivacaine for interscalene blocks can improve analgesia times and quality for arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients, a recent study suggests.
Most orthopedic surgery patients receive a single-shot interscalene brachial plexus block, a commonly used analgesic technique for shoulder and upper arm surgery, as part of a multimodal analgesia protocol at Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, a tertiary training hospital, in Genk, Belgium. However, more extensive surgeries