BTB ACL reconstruction: Femoral nerve block has no advantage over intraarticular local anaesthetic infiltration

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-183

  Mehdi, S A ^a   Dalton, D J N ^a   Sivarajan, V ^a   Leach, W J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anterior cruciate ligament; Arthroscopy; Femoral Nerve; Knee

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMORAL NERVE; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; TENDON; TIME; TOURNIQUET; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; PATELLA; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 5144224662     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0464-6     Document Type: Article

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