Continuous popliteal sciatic nerve block for outpatient foot surgery - A randomized, controlled trial

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Zaric, Dusanka ^a,c   Boysen, K ^a   Christiansen, J ^a   Haastrup, U ^a   Kofoed, H ^a   Rawal, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Anaestesiklinikken   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous popliteal sciatic nerve block; Outpatient surgery; Postoperative pain treatment; Randomized, controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LORNOXICAM; OPIATE; PROPACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBOS; SCIATIC NERVE; SLEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1542316777     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.0327.x     Document Type: Article

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