Background Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) during total knee arthroplasty has been shown
to give statistically significant reduction in post-operative pain. The effects of using high …

Purpose: High doses of local anesthetic administered intra-articularly and peri-articularly
during local infiltration analgesia (LIA) for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may have potential …

Purpose Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) is widely applied in patients undergoing total knee
arthroplasty (TKA). In daily practice, adrenaline is added to the LIA mixture to achieve …

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 Postoperative pain is often severe after total knee arthroplasty
(TKA). We investigated the efficacy of the local infiltration analgesia (LIA) technique, both …

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 …

Background Adequate postoperative analgesia with minimal side-effects is essential for
early mobilization and recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). High …

Background This is a secondary publication of a PhD thesis. Local infiltration analgesia (LIA)
is a new multimodal wound infiltration method for treating postoperative pain after knee and …

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 purpose—After introducing a new local infiltration anesthesia (LIA) protocol
with addition of 30 mL ropivacaine 2% and 1 mg epinephrine, we noted an increase in early …