Local Infiltration Analgesia : A Technique to Improve Outcomes After Hip, Knee or Lumbar Spine Surgery
Overview
The concept of integrating pain management into the surgical process as a single entity is new and exciting. The use of local anaesthetic to block post-operative pain at the site of its generation is here refined into a management program allowing early mobilisation and dramatic pain control in the early post-operative period. This multimodal technique is demonstrated here with application to lower limb arthroplasty and spinal surgery. This is not only a detailed explanation and instruction in the technique and concept, but a historical perspective on its development, and will be of great interest to all orthopaedic surgeons as well as anaesthetists.
Using easy-to-understand terminology, this text covers:
- LIA methods
- Pre- and postoperative management
- How to select a needle injection location
- The benefits of combining the LIA technique with the drugs Naropin, Marcain, and Xylocaine
Color images throughout the text highlight the advantages of LIA, including:
- avoidance of sedation
- simple execution for physicians
- reduced risk of infection and blood clots
- little physiological disturbance
- earlier patient discharge and return to the workforce
- improved patient performance, outlook, and mobility
- fewer medical expenses
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781439811764
- ISBN-10: 1439811768
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publish Date: May 2012
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 118
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