High-dose local infiltration analgesia after hip and knee replacement - What is it, why does it work, and what are the future challenges?

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-161

  Röstlund, Tord ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a Vastra Frolunda Hosp   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ICE; KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SKILL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WALKING;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 34247604428     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710013627     Document Type: Editorial

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