Continuous spinal anesthesia versus continuous femoral nerve block for elective total knee replacement

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-400

  Kramer S ^a   Wenk, M ^b,c   Fischer, G ^a   Mollmann M ^a   Popping D M ^c  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia conduction; Femoral neuropathy; Pain; Postoperative; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIRITRAMIDE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIRINITRAMIDE;

EID: 79955608565     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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