Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty Postoperative Pain Control. A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1246-1249

  McMeniman, Timothy J ^a   McMeniman, Peter J ^a   Myers, Peter T ^a   Hayes, David A ^a   Cavdarski, Alex ^a   Wong, Man Shun ^a   Wilson, Adrian J ^a   Jones, Mark A ^a   Watts, Mark C ^a  

^a Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Fascia iliaca nerve; Femoral nerve; Nerve block; TKA

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249278817     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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