A randomized trial of epidural analgesia followed by continuous femoral analgesia compared with oral opioid analgesia on short- and long-term functional recovery after total knee replacement

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 937-947

  Nader, Antoun ^a   Kendall, Mark C ^a   Wixson, Richard L ^b   Chung, Brian ^a   Polakow, Linda M ^c   Mccarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral Nerve Analgesia; Knee Flexion; Outcomes; Patient Satisfaction; Thromboembolic Complications; Total Knee Replacement

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NERVE ANALGESIA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84863870999     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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