• J Med Assoc Thai · Oct 2012

    Contemporary pain management in total knee arthroplasty.

    • Yutthana Khanasuk and Srihatach Ngarmukos.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
    • J Med Assoc Thai. 2012 Oct 1;95 Suppl 10:S238-44.

    AbstractPain management has become a very important part of postoperative care for total knee arthroplasty patients. Contemporary pain control has evolved from high-dose opioid in the past to state-of-the-art multimodal regimens. These include multiple non-opioid medication such as NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors, and gabapentinoid, and novel anesthetic techniques such as preemptive analgesia and ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks. Another method which is gaining popularity is intraarticular injection of anesthetic cocktail during surgery. Pre-op education can also help patients cope with their pain better.

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