Six years of continuous intrathecal infusion of opioid and bupivacaine in the treatment of refractory pain due to intrapelvic extrusion of bone cement after total hip arthroplasty

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Dahm, Peter O ^a   Nitescu, Petre V ^a   Appelgren, Lennart K ^a   Curelaru, Ioan D ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; Intrathecal opioid bupivacaine; Pain; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031817145     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199823030-00015     Document Type: Article

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