Pain Management, Functional Recovery, and Stress Response Expressed by NLR and PLR After the IPACK Block Combined with Adductor Canal Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty-A Prospective, Randomised, Double-Blinded Clinical Trial

Overview

Journal J Clin Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Nov 25

PMID 38002702

Authors

Malgorzata Domagalska

Tomasz Reysner

Grzegorz Kowalski

Przemyslaw Daroszewski

Aleksander Mularski

Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis

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Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate pain management, functional recovery, and stress response expressed by the neutrophile-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) after the popliteal artery and posterior knee capsule infiltration (iPACK) block combined with adductor canal block (ACB) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective, double-blinded, randomised, controlled trial in a tertiary referral hospital. Three hundred and sixty-six patients were randomly allocated into the sham block group and iPACK combined with the ACB group. The primary outcome was postoperative pain scores. The secondary outcomes were opioid consumption, functional recovery expressed by a range of motion, and quadriceps strength. Also, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated.

Results: There were significant differences between the sham block and iPACK + ACB group in pain scores < 0.0001 at all time points. Therefore, there was a significant difference in opioid consumption ( < 0.0001) and functional recovery ( < 0.0001). Also, NLR and PLR levels 12 h ( < 0.0001) and 24 h (24 h) after surgery ( < 0.0001) were much lower in the iPACK + ACB group.

Conclusion: After total knee arthroplasty, the iPACK combined with ACB block group improved pain management, functional recovery, and stress response. Therefore, we strongly recommend this technique as a part of a multimodal analgesia protocol in knee surgery.

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