• A&A practice · Jan 2020

    Case Reports

    Infiltration Between Popliteal Artery and Capsule of the Knee Block to Augment Continuous Femoral Nerve Catheter for Adolescent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Case Series.

    • Kim T Nguyen, Ryan Marcelino, Narasimhan Jagannathan, Santhanam Suresh, and Amod Sawardekar.
    • From the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Ann & Robert H. Luire Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
    • A A Pract. 2020 Jan 15; 14 (2): 37-39.

    AbstractInfiltration between popliteal artery and capsule of the knee (IPACK) is a novel technique that can provide additional analgesic relief, although there are no studies to date in the adolescent population. In 3 adolescent patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery, IPACK block augmented continuous femoral nerve block by providing posterior knee analgesia with no or only minimal opioid needs in the post-anesthesia care unit and did not produce sciatic motor weakness.

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