Ultrasound-guided continuous femoral nerve block for analgesia after total knee arthroplasty: Catheter perpendicular to the nerve versus catheter parallel to the nerve

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Wang, Ai Zhong ^a   Gu, Lingling ^b   Zhou, Quan Hong ^a   Ni, Wen Zong ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CATHETER PARALLEL TECHNIQUE; CATHETER PERPENDICULAR TECHNIQUE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 77952414693     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d24529     Document Type: Article

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