Impact of regional and local anaesthetics on length of stay in knee arthroplasty

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Crowley, Conor ^a   Dowsey, Michelle M ^a   Quinn, Colm ^a,c   Barrington, Michael ^a   Choong, Peter F M ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Knee arthroplasty; Knee joint replacement; Length of stay; Pain; Pain management; Postoperative knee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858799300     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2011.05991.x     Document Type: Review

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