Why patients choose regional anesthesia for orthopaedic and trauma surgery

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 164-167

  Pelinka, Linda E ^a   Pelinka, Hartmut ^b   Leixnering, Martin ^c   Mauritz, Walter ^a  

^a Trauma Center Lorenz Boehler   (Austria)

^b Austrian Workers Compensation Board   (Austria)

^c AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Orthopedic surgery; Patient choice; Regional anesthesia; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY; SCIATIC NERVE; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037929541     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0479-y     Document Type: Article

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