Patient-controlled bupivacaine infusion into the infrapatellar fat pad after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 500-505

  Chew, Hall F ^a   Evans, Nick A ^b,c   Stanish, William D ^a,b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anterior cruciate ligament; Bupivacaine; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037882165     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50110     Document Type: Article

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