Local anesthetics after total knee arthroplasty: Intraarticular or extraarticular administration? A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 800-805

  Andersen, Lasse Ø ^a   Kristensen, Billy B ^a   Husted, Henrik ^a   Otte, Kristian S ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57749103939     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670810016885     Document Type: Article

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