Continuous nerve blocks for outpatient knee surgery

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-84

  Williams, Brian A ^a,b   Spratt, Donna ^a   Kentor, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CLONIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4043180525     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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