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- The study evaluated the impact of adductor canal block (ACB) on postoperative outcomes in patients who underwent medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy, comparing results to a placebo group.
- The ACB group reported significantly lower pain scores and reduced opioid consumption in the first 12 hours after surgery, but no major differences in quadriceps strength or recovery time for straight leg raising were observed.
- Overall, the ACB showed better outcomes related to pain and opioid usage without increasing complications compared to the placebo treatment.
Article Abstract
Background: To evaluate the effect of adductor canal block (ACB) on short-term postoperative outcomes in patients who underwent medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO) compared to that of a placebo.
Methods: 35 patients who underwent unilateral MOWHTO between 2017 and 2019 were prospectively reviewed and randomly divided into two groups: 19 patients who received a single-shot ACB and 16 patients who received a saline injection (a placebo group). Primary outcomes were (1) pain measured using the visual analog scale and range of motion, (2) patient satisfaction, (3) postoperative need for additional opioids, (3) quadriceps strength (the time to straight leg raising [SLR]), (4) clinical outcomes, and (5) complications.
Results: The pain score was lower in the ACB group than in the placebo group in the first 12 h (p = 0.04). ACB did not exhibit significantly less quadriceps strength weakness postoperatively. There was no statistical difference in the time to SLR (23.5 ± 17.7 h in ACB vs. 27.6 ± 11.4 in placebo, p = 0.520). The opioid consumption rate within postoperative 12 h was significantly decreased after ACB (16.7% in ACB, 70% in placebo, p = 0.017). The proportion of patients with more than 5 opioid injections within 72 h postoperatively was lower in the ACB group (8.3% in ACB, 50% in placebo, p = 0.043). Both groups did not show any localized and systemic complications.
Conclusion: ACB following MOWHTO exhibited better outcomes than a placebo with respect to opioid consumption with no changes in the quadriceps strength and complications.
Level Of Evidence: II, Prospectively comparative study.
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