Epidural analgesia improves early rehabilitation after total knee replacement

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-285

  Farag, Ehab ^a   Dilger, John ^a,b   Brooks, Peter ^a   Tetzlaff, John E ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia, epidural; Deep venous thrombosis; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE CATHETER; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 20444399131     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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