Three-in-One Nerve Block With Different Concentrations of Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial.

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Xie, Zheng ^a   Hussain, Waqas ^a   Cutter, Thomas W ^a   Apfelbaum, Jeffrey L ^a   Drum, Melinda L ^a   Manning, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Patient satisfaction; Postoperative pain; Three in one nerve block; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; THREE IN ONE NERVE BLOCK; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84859886128     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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