Value of single-injection or continuous sciatic nerve block in addition to a continuous femoral nerve block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-488

  Wegener, Jessica T ^a   Van Ooij, Bas ^b,c   Van Dijk, C Niek ^b,c   Hollmann, Markus W ^a   Preckel, Benedikt ^a   Stevens, Markus F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Orthopedic Research Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CLONIDINE; ESKETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY CORTEX; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 80053588922     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318228c33a     Document Type: Article

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