Postoperative efficacies of femoral nerve catheters sited using ultrasound combined with neurostimulation compared with neurostimulation alone for total knee arthroplasty

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 978-984

  Aveline, Christophe ^a   Le Roux, Alain ^a   Le Hetet, Hubert ^a   Vautier, Pierre ^a   Cognet, Fabrice ^a   Bonnet, Francis ^b  

^a centre hospitalier Privé Sévigné   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Femoral block; Neurostimulation; Postoperative analgesia; Regional anaesthesia; Total knee replacement; Ultrasound guided block

Indexed keywords

ACTISKENAN; ALPRAZOLAM; CISATRACURIUM; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DROPERIDOL; ENOXAPARIN; KETOPROFEN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NEFOPAM; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CATHETERIZATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78349262307     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833b34e1     Document Type: Article

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