Knee arthroplasty: post-operative care, rehab-ilitation and follow-up

Application of Drug and Exercise Intervention in Postoperative Rehabilitation: A New Evaluation of Health Coordination Effect

“…Traditionally, the main methods of postoperative analgesia are oral analgesia by intravenous injection of opioids and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). Although opioid analgesics have certain effects, they usually cause side effects, for example, nausea, vomiting, itching, dizziness, insanity, bladder and intestinal dysfunction, etc ( 3 ). Some experience has been summarized in clinic for better pain management and accelerate patient rehabilitation.…”

“…This approach is to reduce pain by preventing peripheral and central hypersensitivity reactions. Peripheral nerve block (PNB) is also used to control postoperative pain ( 3 ). Based on the fact that multiple drugs are mixed for nerve block during the operation, some researchers have proposed the method of impregnating drugs with gelatin sponge to increase the concentration of liquid around local nerve roots to treat reactive pain due to nerve root edema in the early stage after operation.…”