Anaesthesia for total knee arthroplasty: Efficacy of single-injection or continuous lumbar plexus associated with sciatic nerve blocks - A randomized controlled study

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Frassanito, Luciano ^a   Vergari, A ^a   Messina, A ^a   Pitoni, S ^a   Puglisi, C ^a   Chierichini, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Lumbar plexus block; Postoperative pain; Ropivacaine; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; EPHEDRINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LUMBAR NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450185749     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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