Single-injection femoral nerve block lacks preemptive effect on postoperative pain and morphine consumption in total knee arthroplasty

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 54-58

  Chan, Min Ho ^a,b   Chen, Wei Hung ^a,b   Tung, Yi Wei ^a,b   Liu, Kang ^a,b   Tan, Ping Heng ^c   Chia, Yuan Yi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

arthroplasty, replacement, knee; femoral nerve; nerve block; pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84863719889     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: 1875452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aat.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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