IPACK and adductor canal block in knee arthroplasty
Abstract
Knee arthroplasty is a surgical procedure that involves acute pain of moderate intensity in the postoperative period, for which techniques are needed to provide adequate analgesia in this group of patients. This work highlights the IPACK and the adductor canal block, whose purpose is to perform a blockade of the nerves that innervate the knee in a safe way for the patient. A descriptive literature review was carried out, using meta-search engines such as Epistemonikos, where information from high impact journals and randomized clinical studies was included. The results of this literature review showed that the use of IPACK and adductor canal block in knee arthroplasty, minimizes postoperative pain, being an effective and updated anesthesia to be used in these patients. In conclusion, the use of this type of analgesic block is a safe and effective technique in patients undergoing this type of procedure, for the control of acute postoperative pain and to avoid its chronification.
Keywords: arthroplasty, IPACK block, adductor canal block
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