The Journal of Bucharest College of Physicians and the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences

The Role of Psoas Compartment Block in the Management of Pain During and After Total Hip Arthroplasty

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The “Psoas Compartment Block” technique was described for the first time in 1974 by the American doctor Alon P. Winnie, in a revolutionary article for that time[1], that was detailing both the anterior approach of the lumbar plexus (3 in 1 Block or femoral nerve block), and the posterior approach.
Subsequently, doctors Chayen D., Nathan H. and Chayen M. are making a series of additions and practical indications, in an article about the posterior approach, entitled “The Psoas Compartment Block”[2], and the technique presented in this article also constitutes the basis for this study. […]