Total knee arthroplasty as an overnight-stay procedure using continuous femoral nerve blocks at home: A prospective feasibility study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-90

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a,c   Gearen, Peter F ^b   Enneking, F Kayser ^a,b   Berry, Linda F ^b   Spadoni, Eugene H ^b   George, Steven Z ^b   Vandenborne, Krista ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29844456002     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000189562.86969.9f     Document Type: Article

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