The Difference Between Using Local and General Dexamethasone in Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair

Dexamethasone, a potent glucocorticoid, decreases the inflammatory response, tissue damage, and pain after surgical procedures; which can be injected locally or Intravenously.

Isobaric bupivacaine (0.375%) is injected into the adductor canal deeply to the sartorius muscle around the saphenous nerve after ensuring negative aspiration space.

20 ml of Bupivacain 0.5% was mixed with dexamethasone 8 mg is injected into the adductor canal deeply to the sartorius muscle around the saphenous nerve after ensuring negative aspiration space.