Continuous Femoral Nerve Blockade versus Epidural Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Relief in Knee Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Background: Peripheral neural blockade provides effective analgesia with potentially less side effects than an epidural blockade. The present study was undertaken to compare continuous femoral nerve blockade (CFNB) with continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) for postoperative pain control in knee surgeries.

Materials And Methods: The patients belonging to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I and II scheduled for various knee surgeries under spinal anesthesia were enrolled in this study.