Sports Medicine
AAOS 2016: Periarticular injection effective for analgesia following ACL reconstruction
72 patients undergoing double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were randomized to different methods of postoperative analgesia. Patients received a periarticular multimodal injection (PI) or a femoral nerve block (FNB), all patients were given supplemental patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) using fentanyl. The results of this trial indicated that pain was reduced in the PI group at the 24 hour and 2 day time points. PCA use and C-reactive protein levels were also reduced in the PI group.
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