Comparison of the Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block and Adductor Canal Block on Postoperative Pain, Opioid Consumption and Quadriceps Muscle Strength in Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery

In a prospective, randomized study; Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine Göztepe Prof. Dr. Forty patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty surgery at Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital were divided into two groups. After the surgery was completed, erector spina plane block was applied to Group E (n=20) patients with 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine from the operated side L3-L4 level, while in Group A (n=20) patients, in the area where the sartorius muscle crosses the adductor magnus muscle, it was lateral to the superficial femoral artery. Adductor canal block was applied to the adductor canal with 20 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine. All patients were administered 1 gr paracetamol and 75 mg diclofenac sodium when their pain started in the orthopedic ward. Numerical pain score and quadriceps muscle strength were evaluated during the 48-hour follow-up of the patients. When the pain score was 4 and above, 50 mg pethidine hydrochloride was administered.