1 – 4 What is less known is the extent to which patients encounter “Rebound Pain,” or a quantifiable difference in pain scores when the block is working, versus the increase in acute pain that is encountered during the first few hours after the effects of perineural single-injection or continuous infusion local anesthetics resolve. For knee surgery and a myriad of other types of outpatient orthopedic surgery, it is well known that single-injection peripheral nerve blocks and perineural catheters can significantly reduce postoperative pain at home, and also reduce opioid consumption.
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