Femoral nerve block with selective tibial nerve block provides effective analgesia without foot drop after total knee arthroplasty: A prospective, randomized, observer-blinded study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-206

  Sinha, Sanjay K ^a   Abrams, Jonathan H ^a   Arumugam, Sivasenthil ^a   D'Alessio, John ^a   Freitas, David G ^a   Barnett, John T ^a   Weller, Robert S ^b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERONEAL NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862979461     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182536193     Document Type: Article

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