Bilateral continuous 3-in-1 nerve blockade for postoperative pain relief after bilateral femoral shaft surgery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 606-609

  Capdevila, Xavier ^a,b   Biboulet, Philippe ^a,b   Bouregba, Mohamed ^a   Rubenovitch, Josh ^a   Jaber, Samir ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of of Anesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Femoral, lateral femoral cutaneous, obturator; surgery, orthopedic; Lidocaine, morphine; nerve; Local, regional; drugs

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR SHAFT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; FEMUR; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0032211871     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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