Reduced hospital stay, morphine consumption, and pain intensity with local infiltration analgesia after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty A randomized doubleblind study of 40 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Essving, Per ^a,c   Axelsson, Kjell ^b   Kjellberg, Jill ^b   Wallgren, Örjan ^a   Gupta, Anil ^b,c   Lundin, Anders ^a  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FOLLOW UP; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AMIDES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KETOROLAC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449179611     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670902930008     Document Type: Article

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