Continuous femoral nerve blockade or epidural analgesia after total knee replacement: A prospective randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1824-1829

  Barrington, Michael J ^a   Olive, David ^a   Low, Keng ^a   Scott, David A ^a   Brittain, Jennifer ^a   Choong, Peter ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DALTEPARIN; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VOMITING;

EID: 28344435457     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184113.57416.DD     Document Type: Article

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