Comparison of epidural, continuous femoral block and intraarticular analgesia after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-25

  Dauri, Mario ^a,c   Polzoni, M ^b   Fabbi, E ^a   Sidiropoulou, T ^a   Servetti, S ^a   Coniglione, F ^a   Mariani, P ^b   Sabato, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Analgesics; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Epidural; Femoral nerve block; Intraarticular; Local; Opioids; Pain; Patient controlled; Patient controlled analgesia; Postoperative; Ropivacaine; Sufentanil; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETOROLAC; NAROPINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0037228343     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.470104.x     Document Type: Article

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