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Comparison of Analgesic Effect of a Single Dose of PerineuralRopivacaine With and Without Dexamethasone on Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block After Total Knee Arthroplasty

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Dr. Rajmohan Rao Tumulu1 (Professor of Anesthesiology), Dr. Dilshad Kauser2 (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology), Dr. Sunil Kumar Swain3 (Assistant Professor of Surgery), Pranay Kumar Tumulu4 (Student), Tanisha Garg5 (Student), Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin6

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Background: Postoperative pain after total knee replacement surgery is an unpleasant memory for the patients. Different techniques have been tried to elevate the post-operative pain. A femoral nerve block with local anaesthetics is considered to bethe gold standard for postoperative pain.But the painfree period after the femoral nerve block lasts for a few hours only.Several adjuvants have been triedwith local anaestheticsto prolong analgesics’ duration and avoid the adverse effects of NSAIDsandopioid use.

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