PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen AU - Bernhard Moriggl AU - Vincent Chan AU - Jens Børglum TI - The optimal analgesic block for total knee arthroplasty AID - 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000485 DP - 2016 Nov 01 TA - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine PG - 711--719 VI - 41 IP - 6 4099 - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/41/6/711.short 4100 - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/41/6/711.full SO - Reg Anesth Pain Med2016 Nov 01; 41 AB - Abstract Peripheral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty is ideally motor sparing while providing effective postoperative analgesia. To achieve these goals, one must understand surgical dissection techniques, distribution of nociceptive generators, sensory innervation of the knee, and nerve topography in the thigh.