Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is increasingly common in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. TKA is associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain, causing patient discomfort, mobilisation and hospital discharge.~Continuous epidural analgesia is often used for controlling pain after TKA. Recent studies describe a new method for pain control after total knee arthroplasty which consists of local infiltration with local anesthetics and adrenaline. This infiltrations can be combined with ketorolac and/or morphine. The aim of this study is to:~Compare analgetic efficacy of to types of local infiltration analgesia in total knee arthroplasty.~Compare analgetic efficacy of local infiltration analgesia with continuous epidural analgesia.
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain, causing patient discomfort, mobilisation and hospital discharge.~The aim of this study is to:~Compare analgetic efficacy of to types of local infiltration analgesia in total knee arthroplasty.~Compare analgetic efficacy of local infiltration analgesia with continuous epidural analgesia.