Is sciatic nerve block advantageous when combined with femoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty?: A systematic review

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Abdallah, Faraj W ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

DRUG USE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 80053618754     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318228d5d4     Document Type: Review

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