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Efficacy of interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the posterior knee (iPACK) block versus periarticular local infiltration analgesia after unilateral total knee arthroplasty

Prospective randomized control trial

Abdul Sattar Narejo, Fatima Abdulwahab, Mansoor Aqil, Abdullah T. Alsubaie, Hassan Y. Hazazy, Tariq Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Aljurayyan and Ahmed Thallaj
Saudi Medical Journal October 2021, 42 (10) 1065-1071; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210504
Abdul Sattar Narejo
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
FCPS, FCAI
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Fatima Abdulwahab
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
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Mansoor Aqil
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah T. Alsubaie
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hassan Y. Hazazy
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Tariq Alzahrani
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz Aljurayyan
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed Thallaj
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 10 1065-1071
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210504
PubMed 
34611000

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 23, 2021
  • Accepted August 25, 2021
  • Published online October 4, 2021.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Abdul Sattar Narejo, FCPS, FCAI⇑,
  2. Fatima Abdulwahab, MD,
  3. Mansoor Aqil, FCPS,
  4. Abdullah T. Alsubaie, MD,
  5. Hassan Y. Hazazy, MD,
  6. Tariq Alzahrani, MD,
  7. Abdulaziz Aljurayyan, MD, FRCSc and
  8. Ahmed Thallaj, MD, EDRA
  1. From the Department of Anesthesiology (Narejo, Abdulwahab, Aqil, Alsubaie, Alzahrani, Thallaj); from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery (Aljurayyan), King Saud University Medical City; and from the Department of Anesthesiology (Hazazy), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdul Sattar Narejo, Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: narejo27{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-1370
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Efficacy of interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the posterior knee (iPACK) block versus periarticular local infiltration analgesia after unilateral total knee arthroplasty
Abdul Sattar Narejo, Fatima Abdulwahab, Mansoor Aqil, Abdullah T. Alsubaie, Hassan Y. Hazazy, Tariq Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Aljurayyan, Ahmed Thallaj
Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2021, 42 (10) 1065-1071; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210504

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Efficacy of interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the posterior knee (iPACK) block versus periarticular local infiltration analgesia after unilateral total knee arthroplasty
Abdul Sattar Narejo, Fatima Abdulwahab, Mansoor Aqil, Abdullah T. Alsubaie, Hassan Y. Hazazy, Tariq Alzahrani, Abdulaziz Aljurayyan, Ahmed Thallaj
Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2021, 42 (10) 1065-1071; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210504
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