Continuous interscalene infusion and single injection using levobupivacaine for analgesia after surgery of the shoulder

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1173-1177

  Kean, J ^a   Wigderowitz, C A ^a   Coventry, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHOULDER INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748774893     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B9.17412     Document Type: Article

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