Jonathan Beathe, MD
New York—Adding the IPACK block (interspace between the popliteal artery and capsule of the posterior knee) and adductor canal block to periarticular injection results in significantly better pain control than periarticular injection alone in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a Hospital for Special Surgery research team.
Investigators there also found that patients who undergo the combined regimen consumed significantly less opioids in the