Clinical Efficacy of Sciatic Nerve Block for Below-Knee Orthopaedic Surgeries

Abstract

BACKGROUNDSciatic nerve block is a useful technique for unilateral lower limb surgeries. Many studies with different approaches for sciatic nerve block have been conducted to demonstrate the efficacy of sciatic nerve block with different local anaesthetic drugs over the past decades. Ropivacaine, a long-acting amide local anaesthetic is found to be a safe and effective agent of choice for sciatic nerve block. Hence, this observational study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical efficacy of sciatic nerve block for intraoperative anaesthesia and post-operative analgesia in patients undergoing below-knee orthopaedic surgeries.