Postoperative analgesic efficacy of peripheral levobupivacaine and ropivacaine: A prospective, randomized double-blind trial in patients after total knee arthroplasty

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1559-1561

  Heid, Florian ^a   Müller, Nicole ^a   Piepho, Tim ^a   Bäres, Maren ^a   Giesa, Markus ^a   Drees, Philipp ^a   Rümelin, Andreas ^a   Werner, Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 42449084982     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318168b493     Document Type: Article

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