Auricular Acupuncture as Part of Multimodal Analgesia After Lower Leg Fracture

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Renal dysfunction (Serum Cr \> 1.2) - excluded due to potential altered metabolism of anesthetic and perioperative medications
• •2. Allergy to any of the standard anesthetic agents
• •3. Patient inability to properly communicate with investigators (language barrier, dementia, delirium, psychiatric disorder)
• •4. Patient or surgeon refusal