The efficacy of femoral nerve block in pain reduction for outpatient hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A double-blind, prospective, randomized trial

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Frost, Sean ^a   Grossfeld, Stacie ^a   Kirkley, Alexandra ^a   Litchfield, Bob ^a   Fowler, Peter ^a   Amendola, Annunziato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Outpatient ACL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL; TYLENOL 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0034032920     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90047-1     Document Type: Article

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