Regional anesthesia techniques for ambulatory orthopedic surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-728

  O'Donnell, Brian D ^a   Iohom, Gabriella ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory continuous perineural analgesia; Neuraxial block; Peripheral nerve block

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERINEURAL CATHETER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSIENT NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 56849102742     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328314b665     Document Type: Review

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