This article gives an overview of the feasibility study conducted on total knee arthroplasty patients. The study indicates the benefits of using ultrasound guided percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulator for the treatment of postoperative pain following the orthopedic surgical procedure. Study background Patients with total knee arthroplasty experience moderate to severe pain that is frequently treated with opioids.
However, the opioids have unwelcome side effects such as sedation, nausea vomiting, respiratory depression, and abuse. Other techniques include continuous peripheral nerve blocks and peripheral nerve stimulation. Use of peripheral nerve stimulators to treat surgically-induced pain has been dramatically restricted due to its invasive nature and approximately one-quarter of reported implants resulted in lead migration or failure, and also in some cases, the fibrous capsule was…
