Addition of morphine to intra-articular bupivacaine does not improve analgesia following knee joint replacement

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-350

  Badner, Neal H ^a,b   Bourne, Robert B ^a   Rorabeck, Cecil H ^a   Doyle, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Intra articular injection; Knee arthroplasty; Morphine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0030873420     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(97)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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