Preoperative ankle block for postoperative analgesia in foot surgery.

CONCLUSION: Ankle block is an effective and simple technique for reducing postoperative pain and opioid consumption. It reduced the time to mobilization without a delay in hospital discharge. It is concluded that the routine administration of AB before GA may be an effective and simple method for pain relief after foot surgery. PMID: 32152738 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Der Anaesthesist - March 8, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Özhan MÖ, Tanrıöver A, Atik B, Özhan Çaparlar C, Eşkin BM, Süzer AM Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research