Target driven analgesia for total knee arthroplasty

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-333

  Morfey, D H ^a   Brull, R ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLING; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCIATIC NERVE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 61749085213     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05878_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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