Preoperative peripheral nerve blocks are not independently associated with improved functional outcome, patient satisfaction, or risk of chronic pain at one year following knee arthroplasty
PNBs were independently associated with worse knee-specific outcomes, but whether these are clinically meaningful is not clear, as the difference was less than the minimal clinically important difference. Furthermore, PNBs were not independently associated with differences in health-related quality of life, patient satisfaction, or risk of CPKP.
Authors
- Samantha Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6393-5274)
- Andrew Coppola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6757-9876)
- Nick D. Clement (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-0659)
- Irrum Afzal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-8725)
- Deiary F. Kader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-2296)
- Nimra Akram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0303-6490)
- Bilal Qaddoura
- Sai Pendyala
Institutions
- Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Epsom Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone & Joint Open
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.62.bjo-2024-0185.r1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01