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Systematic sonographic and evoked motor identification of the nerve to vastus medialis during adductor canal block

Joshua Dooley, W. Michael Bullock, Amanda H. Kumar, David B. MacLeod, Jeff Gadsden

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To the editor, Adductor canal block (ACB) is commonly used for analgesia following total knee arthroplasty.[1][1] The goal of this technique is to anesthetize the saphenous nerve and nerve to vastus medialis (NVM). Most technical descriptions of the block have described a midthigh approach with the

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To the editor, Adductor canal block (ACB) is commonly used for analgesia following total knee arthroplasty.[1][1] The goal of this technique is to anesthetize the saphenous nerve and nerve to vastus medialis (NVM). Most technical descriptions of the block have described a midthigh approach with the

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To the editor, Adductor canal block (ACB) is commonly used for analgesia following total knee arthroplasty.[1][1] The goal of this technique is to anesthetize the saphenous nerve and nerve to vastus medialis (NVM). Most technical descriptions of the block have described a midthigh approach with the

Key concepts: Adductor canal, Vastus medialis, Saphenous nerve, Medicine, Block (permutation group theory), Nerve block, Adductor muscles, Femoral nerve block

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