Regional anesthesia improves outcome after distal radius fracture fixation over general anesthesia

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 545-549

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Soojian, Michael G ^b   Walsh, Michael ^c   Katz, Jonathan ^d   Rosenberg, Andrew D ^a   Paksima, Nader ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

block; distal radius; fracture; outcome; regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865720458     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318238becb     Document Type: Article

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