The Effect of Adductor Canal Block on Outcomes of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
- Authors: Ubaydullaev B.S.1, Khodjanov I.Y.2, Abdullaeva H.N.1
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Affiliations:
- “Nano Medical Clinic”
- Scientific research institute of traumatology and orthopedics of Republic of Uzbekistan
- Issue: Vol 19, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 200-211
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/1993-6508/article/view/350828
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/RA679082
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/AAUPGR
- ID: 350828
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using a bone–patellar tendon–bone (BTB) autograft is often associated with anterior knee pain at the graft harvest site. It is assumed that an adductor canal block interrupts pain transmission from the graft harvest area, thereby preserving the ability for early quadriceps activation.
AIM: The work aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adductor canal block as an adjunct to spinal anesthesia during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a BTB autograft.
METHODS: The study included 104 patients with isolated ACL rupture who underwent surgery between 2022 and 2024 using a BTB autograft. The control group consisted of 52 patients who underwent ACL reconstruction under spinal anesthesia alone. In the main group of 52 patients, spinal anesthesia was supplemented with an adductor canal block. Outcomes were assessed based on pain intensity measured using the visual analog scale on postoperative days 1 and 2 and by evaluating knee joint functional recovery using plyometric tests at weeks 6, 12, and 24.
RESULTS: On postoperative days 1 and 2, pain intensity measured by the visual analog scale was significantly lower in the main group (4.19 ± 0.68 and 2.56 ± 0.89 points, respectively; p < 0.0001) than in the control group (8.23 ± 0.7 and 6.46 ± 0.9 points, respectively; p = 0.001). By weeks 6 and 12, the results of the single-leg squat and Y-balance tests were significantly better in the main group than in the control group. At week 24, the proportion of patients whose vertical jump performance on the operated leg reached more than 90٪ of that on the contralateral side was significantly higher in the main group (88.9٪ vs 42.3٪; p < 0.0001). All patients in the main group (100٪) and more than half in the control group (53.8٪; p < 0.0001) successfully performed the single-leg forward jump. Lateral single-leg jumps were also more frequently completed by patients in the main group (70.4٪) than in the control group (42.3٪; p = 0.04).
CONCLUSION: The study reliably confirms the effectiveness of adductor canal block as an additional method of anesthesia during arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a BTB autograft.
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Bobur S. Ubaydullaev
“Nano Medical Clinic”
Author for correspondence.
Email: ubobur@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-5008-6738
SPIN-code: 4773-0495
Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Iskandar Y. Khodjanov
Scientific research institute of traumatology and orthopedics of Republic of Uzbekistan
Email: prof.khodjanov@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9420-3623
SPIN-code: 5038-3859
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Uzbekistan, TashkentHilola N. Abdullaeva
“Nano Medical Clinic”
Email: hil-73@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 5144-2664
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Uzbekistan, TashkentReferences
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