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Sorry, don't mean to hijack; I have never had an anesthesiologist even mention a popliteal block, and my mother is one. They would be able to walk, but I would expect you would have a tough time walking after that block, and you don't want them stubbing that toe after a fusion.
That is not how folks do it in California or Texas. The podiatrists do ankle blocks and the ortho guys do their stuff under general or spinal(which I always thought was a bad idea, why add risk to a procedure)If you do a popliteal block with epi, it will last pretty damn long, probably 24 hours, why would you use tetracaine and clonidine in the first place?
Good luck on the surgery, hope you remembered to skip breakfast.
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