Opioid-free analgesia by continuous psoas compartment block after total hip arthroplasty. A randomized study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 418-423

  Becchi, C ^a   Al Malyan, M ^a   Coppini, R ^b   Campolo, M ^b   Magherini, M ^b   Boncinelli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b AOUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia conduction; Continuous nerve block; Lumbar plexus block; Pain; Postoperative; Psoas compartment block; Surgery orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSOAS MUSCLES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41549137962     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502150700302X     Document Type: Article

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