Regional anesthesia for foot and ankle surgery

Abstract

Two nerves provide sensory and motor innervation (femoral and sciatic nerves) to the foot and ankle that can be blocked and provide perioperative pain medicine (anesthesia and analgesia) to the lower extremity below the knee. These are the targets for regional pain management that is often combined in a multimodal approach with parenteral and oral opioids and other analgesic adjuvants.