Case report: postoperative analgesia and preserved motor function with clonidine and buprenorphine via a sciatic perineural catheter

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-299

  Whiting, David J ^a   Williams, Brian A ^b,c   Orebaugh, Steven L ^b,c   Toshok, Revathi R ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Buprenorphine; Clonidine; Knee surgery; Nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CLONIDINE; MEPIVACAINE; OXYCODONE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 67349199193     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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