Does continuous sciatic nerve block improve postoperative analgesia and early rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty?: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-492

  Cappelleri, Gianluca ^a   Ghisi, Daniela ^b   Fanelli, Andrea ^b   Albertin, Andrea ^c   Somalvico, Francesco ^d   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GAETANO PINI   (Italy)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^d IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ENOXAPARIN; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; THROMBOSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 80053615943     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182286a2b     Document Type: Article

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