Femoral Nerve Block: Pain Control for Knee Surgery

Patients facing total knee replacement or other knee surgery at Saint Vincent can look forward to a less painful post-surgery experience with a procedure called a femoral nerve block. A femoral nerve block is a pre-surgical procedure in which an anesthesiologist inserts a catheter into the groin and threads it near the hip or knee. A local anesthetic is delivered to numb the joint during surgery and for two days afterward. Patients benefit from this procedure because it:

• Provides safe and effective post-operative pain control
• Decreases the need for pain medications, thereby also avoiding the possible side effects
• Helps patients begin post-operative physical therapy with less discomfort

Click the link below to read one patient’s experience of knee replacement surgery and recovery with a femoral nerve block.

Femoral Nerve Block
for less painful knee surgery