Readmission and Complications for Catheter and Injection Femoral Nerve Block Administration After Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Medicare Population

Scott T. Lovald; Kevin L. Ong; Edmund C. Lau; Girish P. Joshi; Steven M. Kurtz; Arthur L. Malkani

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.06.035

Readmission and Complications for Catheter and Injection Femoral Nerve Block Administration After Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Medicare Population

Scott T. Lovald, Kevin L. Ong, Edmund C. Lau, Girish P. Joshi, Steven M. Kurtz, Arthur L. Malkani

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Abstract

There is general agreement that femoral nerve blocks (FNB) provide adequate immediate postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), although the effect of this technique on hospital readmission and other complications has not been quantified in a large sample. The Medicare 5% sample was used to identify TKA patients who were grouped according to postoperative FNB administration: FNB via injection; FNB via pain pump; and no FNB. Multivariate Cox regressions were used to evaluate risk factors for the postoperative outcomes. Both FNB groups were associated with a lower risk of readmission (30, 90 and 365. days, P

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2076-2081
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2015.06.035
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

Complications
Femoral nerve block
Readmission
Sciatic nerve block
Total knee arthroplasty

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Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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