Continuous spinal anaesthesia or continuous epidural anaesthesia for post-operative pain control after hip replacement?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 454-461

  Mollmann M ^a   Cord, S ^a   Holst, D ^b   Auf Der Landwehr, U ^a  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Orthopaedic anaesthesia, continuos spinal anaesthesia, continuous epidural anaesthesia; Post operative pain, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345411650     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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