Background Ropivacaine is commonly used in local infiltration anaesthesia (LIA) as pain
management after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Although considered safe, no studies …

Background and Objectives The primary aim of this study was to examine the
pharmacokinetics of ropivacaine in patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty with …

Background Although considered safe, no pharmacokinetic data of high dose, high volume
local infiltration analgesia (LIA) with ropivacaine without the use of a surgical drain or intra …

Background and Objectives Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) with ropivacaine for total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) is increasingly used. Despite the high doses of ropivacaine, LIA is …

Background and objectives A common analgesic technique for total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
is to inject local anesthetic into the periarticular tissue during surgery, known as local …

The authors hypothesized that it is safe to combine local infiltration analgesia (LIA) in total
knee arthroplasty (TKA) with a retransfusion drain since ropivacaine concentrations would …

Pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is difficult to control. A recently developed and
increasingly popular method for postoperative analgesia following knee and hip arthroplasty …

Background and purpose Ropivacaine infusion following high-volume local infiltration
analgesia has been shown to be effective after total knee arthroplasty, but the optimum site …

METHODS This study, conducted between 2010 and 2011, was approved by the IRB and
the medical product agency of Sweden. This study was conducted with written informed …

Objective Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) with ropivacaine is used increasingly for knee
arthroplasty because it provides adequate analgesia without motor function impairment or …