Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a lengthy surgical procedure that requires a personalized
approach depending on the characteristics of the patient. For this reason, this surgery …

Background Conflicting evidence exists regarding the optimal waiting time for stable
analgesic and vasoconstrictive effects after local infiltration of lidocaine with epinephrine. An …

Background Significant attempts have been made to adopt practices to minimize blood
transfusion after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) because of transfusion cost and potential …

Background The benefits of combining enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
interventions with an outpatient program for total hip/knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) are …

Background There is controversy in the literature regarding the role of single local infiltration
analgesia (LIA) after total knee replacement (TKR). Questions/Purposes Is single LIA really …

Pressure to reduce healthcare costs, limited hospital availability along with improvements in
surgical technique and perioperative care motivated many centers to focus on outpatient …

Background Considerable blood loss which requires transfusion is frequently reported after
total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA and TKA). The purpose of this study is to review the …

Purpose Local infiltration anaesthesia (LIA) consisting of ropivacaine, epinephrine and
ketorolac administered at the end of surgery has become the gold standard for postoperative …

Background As an essential component of multimodal analgesia approaches after total knee
arthroplasty (TKA), local infiltration analgesia (LIA) can be classified into peri-articular …

Purpose To evaluate the effect of the local infiltration of analgesics for pain after total knee
arthroplasty in patients treated with femoral and sciatic peripheral nerve blocks. The …