Epidural vs. lumbar plexus infusions following total knee arthroplasty: Randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 502-507

  Campbell, A ^a   McCormick, M ^a   McKinlay, K ^a   Scott, N B ^a  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia epidural; Arthroplasty, replacement, knee; Lunbosacral plexus; Nerve block; Pain acute and postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; CONTIPLEX; DIHYDROCODEINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049098581     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003724     Document Type: Article

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