Stimulating or conventional perineural catheters after hallux valgus repair: A double-blind, pharmaco-economic evaluation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1284-1289

  Casati, A ^a   Fanelli, G ^a   Danelli, G ^a   Baciarello, M ^a   Ghisi, D ^a   Nobili, F ^b   Chelly, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Hallux valgus repair; Nerve stimulator; Ropivacaine; Sciatic nerve block; Stimulating catheters

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ONDANSETRON; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; STIMULATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY SIZE; CATHETERIZATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33750329523     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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