A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for postoperative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1105-1123

  Fischer, H B J ^a   Simanski, C J P ^b   Sharp, C ^c   Bonnet, F ^d   Camu, F ^e   Neugebauer, E A M ^b   Rawal, N ^f   Joshi, G P ^g   Schug, S A ^h   Kehlet, H ⁱ  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Choice Pharma   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; TENOXICAM; TRAMADOL; VALDECOXIB;

COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 51349109331     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05565.x     Document Type: Review

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