Motor-Sparing Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Shoulder, Knee, and Hip Surgery

Major surgery of the shoulder (eg, arthroplasty and rotator cuff repair), knee (eg, arthroplasty and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), and hip (eg, arthroplasty, arthroscopy and fracture repair) constitute some of the most commonly performed orthopedic procedures. They often result in moderate to severe postoperative pain thereby requiring a multimodal analgesic approach centered around peripheral nerve blocks. Ideally, the latter...