Purely Intra-articular Versus General Anesthesia for Proposed Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 972-977

  Charalambous, Charalambos P ^a   Tryfonidis, Marios ^a   Alvi, Farhan ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Hirst, Philip ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Intra articular; Knee; Local anesthesia; Partial meniscectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPOFOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748040766     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.04.108     Document Type: Article

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