Knee arthroscopy with different anesthesia methods: A comparison of efficacy and cost

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 344-349

  Forssblad, Magnus ^a   Jacobson, Eva ^a   Weidenhielm, Lars ^b  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care cost; Knee arthroscopy; Knee injuries; Local anesthesia; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; KNEE; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644398585     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0523-7     Document Type: Article

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