Intra-articular injection versus portal infiltration of 0.5% bupivacaine following arthroscopy of the knee: A prospective, randomised double-blinded trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-603

  Townshend, D ^a   Emmerson, K ^a   Jones, S ^a   Partington, P ^a   Muller, S ^a  

^a WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65649126341     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B5.21932     Document Type: Article

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