Acl Surgery Nerve Block Side Effects
You will have fewer side effects of pain medications such as respiratory depression itching nausea and somnolence.
Acl surgery nerve block side effects. While femoral nerve blocks decrease pain in the front of the knee they do not work for the back of the knee. Acl reconstructive surgery is done to repair a torn acl and regain stability and movement in the knee. In many cases patients may return home within hours of their procedure rather than days. While not all cases of a torn ligament require surgery very active people or those in.
Because you have less pain you will need less oral or iv pain medications even though you have the medications available to you. Marcy you are right you may have had a different type of nerve block. Patients who receive an interscalene nerve block before shoulder surgery can develop breathing complications explains dr. Opioid related side effects considered are the documentation of nausea or vomiting and or the postoperative administration of drugs aimed at treating these side effects.
Oral pain medicine opioids can make you feel sleepy nauseated and constipated so we try to limit their use by using nerve blocks. Same principle different location. Femoral nerve blocks caused three falls. In our study 30 of patients suffered side effects.
A nerve block decreases your pain during and after surgery. Most frequently i use femoral nerve blocks for knee surgery replacements and acl surgery and interscalene blocks in the neck for shoulder surgery. Stephen breneman with the american association of orthopaedic surgeons. Death in rare cases although many kinds of nerve blocks exist this treatment cannot always be used.
Vertigo and malaise in 13 nausea and vomiting in 10 anxiety in 4 and stomach pain in 3. Nerve blocks are useful in many situations. If your pain isn t related to pain in a single or small group of nerves nerve. It is more effective than pain medications through the iv.
Impacts from injuries dr. By taking less medication you ll reduce potential side effects such as drowsiness upset stomach or dizziness.