Edmonds-Seal J, Paterson G M, Loach A B
J R Soc Med. 1980 Feb;73(2):111-4. doi: 10.1177/014107688007300206.
The effect of local nerve blockade on the relief of postoperative pain is reported in a series of 167 patients who underwent surgery of the arm, knee or foot. In 80% of cases analgesics were not required within 4 hours postoperatively, and in 39% analgesics were not required within 8 hours. Conventional methods of postoperative pain relief are not always effective. Local nerve blockade can be used to provide complete analgesia after limb surgery and is therefore of great value to postoperative care.
在一系列167例接受手臂、膝盖或足部手术的患者中，报告了局部神经阻滞对缓解术后疼痛的效果。80%的病例在术后4小时内不需要使用镇痛药，39%的病例在术后8小时内不需要使用镇痛药。传统的术后疼痛缓解方法并不总是有效。局部神经阻滞可用于肢体手术后提供完全镇痛，因此对术后护理具有重要价值。
