TKA
Ascorbic Acid Reduces Hidden Blood Loss After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Adding ascorbic acid to tranexamic acid decreased total blood loss compared with tranexamic acid alone after total ...
JUNE 3, 2025
Anxiety Linked to Higher Pain Scores and Increased Opioid Use After TKA
New research suggests patients with anxiety are more likely to use opioids and have higher pain scores after a TKA ...
APRIL 28, 2025
Similar Outcomes Found Between General and Spinal Anesthesia Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
There remains a need for an optimal anesthetic mode for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, whether it is ...
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
High-Acuity TKA Patients Cost Health Systems More, Without Increased Revenue
Patients with increased comorbidities may cost hospitals more than their low-comorbidity counterparts, but these ...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
No Benefit in Adding Periarticular Morphine Injection To Adductor Canal Block and IPACK in TKA Patients
A new study has found that no benefit is derived from adding a periarticular injection of morphine to an adductor ...
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Post-COVID TKA Patients Have Similar Thrombolic Risk
Patients with a history of COVID-19 who undergo TKA do not have a greater risk for thrombolic events.
JULY 11, 2022
A Safer, More Effective Technique for Adductor Canal Catheter Placement
At the 2022 spring meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Josh Gleicher, MD MSc ...
MAY 11, 2022
FDA Approves Nonopioid Extended-Release Solution for Post-op Analgesia
The FDA approved an extended-release solution of bupivacaine and meloxicam to be used in adults for postoperative ...
MAY 13, 2021
‘60-Second Abstracts’: Adding Liposomal Bupivacaine for Peri-op Pain Control in TKA
In this video abstract, the researchers present an anaylsis on using liposomal bupivacaine with the adductor canal ...
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
No Benefit From Dexmedetomidine for Post-TKA Block
Researchers found that the alpha-2 agonist provided no additional benefits compared with similar blocks using ...
JUNE 23, 2020
Combined Block Regimen With Periarticular Injection Best for TKA
New York—Adding the IPACK block (interspace between the popliteal artery and capsule of the posterior knee) ...
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Periarticular Injection With or Without Adductor Canal Block Improves Pain Control After Total Knee Arthroplasty
San Francisco—Implementation of either periarticular injection or adductor canal block plus periarticular ...
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
