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. 2024 Mar 29;57(2):229–237. doi: 10.5115/acb.23.274

Table 3.

Summary of the approach and volume used following successful interspace between the popliteal artery and the capsule of the posterior knee blocks in pediatric and adolescent patients

Author (yr) Approach Sample number Patient age in years Volume of anaesthesia
Harb et al. (2020) [16] Immediately superior to the femoral condyles, 2 cm from the lateral border of the popliteal artery. 3 13 12 ml 0.5% ropivacaine
14 10 ml 0.25% bupivacane
14 20 ml 0.5% ropivacaine
Nguyen et al. (2020) [17] At the level of the femoral condyles, between the lateral border of the popliteal artery and the femoral condyle. 3 13 10.2 ml 0.2% ropivacaine
14 12.6 ml 0.2% ropivacaine
16 22.6 ml 0.2% ropivacaine