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This video demonstrates how to perform an ultrasound-guided single-shot adductor canal block for postoperative pain control in a pediatric patient presenting for anterior cruciate ligament repair.
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2. Ultrasound-Guided Saphenous (Adductor Canal) Nerve Block. NYSORA. Published September 16, 2018. https://www.nysora.com/techniques/lower-extremity/ultrasound-guided-saphenous-subsartorius-adductor-canal-nerve-block/.
3. Patterson ME, Bland KS, Thomas LC, et al. The adductor canal block provides effective analgesia similar to a femoral nerve block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty--a retrospective study. J Clin Anesth. 2015;27(1):39-44.
4. Wang JH, Ma HH, Chou TA, et al. Does the Addition of iPACK Block to Adductor Canal Block Provide Improved Analgesic Effect in Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Knee Surg. 2023;36(4):345-353.
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