Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190856649.003.0009
Arthroscopic knee is one of the most common outpatient orthopedic procedures. Specifically, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair is a common procedure with numerous multimodal analgesia considerations. Via the example case, this chapter examines acetaminophen pharmacology and the efficacy of acetaminophen as a multimodal analgesic, including comparing its benefit with that obtained with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. It also discusses regional anesthetic concerns related to ACT repair, the utility of regional anesthesia in the perioperative pain management of an ACL repair, and options for managing postoperative pain resulting from arthroscopic surgery. Finally, it addresses questions pertaining to pharmacogenomics and the epigenetics of acute pain management.
Access to the complete content on Oxford Medicine Online requires a subscription or purchase. Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts for each book and chapter without a subscription.
Please subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code.
For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
