Wound/intra-articular infiltration or peripheral nerve blocks for orthopedic joint surgery: Efficacy and safety issues

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-620

  Ganapathy, Sugantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

analgesia; arthroplasty; local infiltration; peripheral nerve block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; KETOROLAC; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; CARTILAGE; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CHONDROLYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; LOCAL INFILTRATION ANALGESIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84866382939     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328357bfc5     Document Type: Review

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