“How is a nerve block done for knee surgery?”
I am a 42 year old female. I will have knee surgery. How is a nerve block done for knee surgery?
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AnesthesiologistAnesthesiologist
They block through the vagina.
Your anesthesiologist may offer you a femoral nerve block or an adductor canal block for pain relief for your knee surgery. See the following website: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450580/ for a review of the two techniques, their advantages and disadvantages. Both are usually done with ultrasound guidance as well as IV sedation and topical local anesthesia.
Could be spinal or local right in knee..
