Andre Boezaart Profile picture
Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Division APPM at UF. Director: Alon P. Winnie Research Institute. Editor-in-Chief: https://t.co/bCbop8W170
Apr 5, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
That is perhaps the most misunderstood thing about all the arthroplasties: Quad weakness is bc of AMI (Arthrogenic Motor inhibition) that lasts for up to 18 months but starts well before the surgery. Our 3 - 5 days block has nothing to do with it. arthritis-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… AMI also: journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.112…;
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…;
Comes a long way (1890), see refs below. We should probably block FN for longer than 10 days to block the neural pathway of AMI and enhance recovery. We are studying this.