Lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block for knee arthroplasty: Comparison of ropivacaine and bupivacaine

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1094-1096

  Greengrass, Roy A ^a   Klein, Stephen M ^a   D'Ercole, Francine J ^a   Gleason, David G ^a   Shimer, Cynthia L ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032198455     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012398     Document Type: Article

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