Is Femoral Nerve Block Necessary During Total Knee Arthroplasty?. A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1800-1805

  Widmer, Benjamin J ^a,b   Scholes, Corey J ^a   Pattullo, Gavin G ^c   Oussedik, Sam I ^a   Parker, David A ^a   Coolican, Myles R J ^a  

^a Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute   (Australia)

^b Intermountain Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Femoral nerve block; Knee; Pain; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD SCORE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEST ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES ARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 84869090830     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.03.052     Document Type: Article

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