Two continuous femoral nerve block strategies after TKA

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1901-1908

  Choy, Won Sik ^a   Lee, Sang Ki ^a   Kim, Kap Jung ^a   Kam, Byoung Sub ^a   Yang, Dae Suk ^a   Bae, Kyoung Wan ^a  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuous femoral nerve block; Functional outcomes; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054117125     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1510-4     Document Type: Article

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