Comparing the analgesic efficacy of continuous femoral nerve blockade and continuous intravenous analgesia after total knee arthroplasty

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 90, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 2360-2362

  Wang, Huai Jiang ^a   Zhang, Da Zhi ^a   Li, Shi Zhong ^a  

^a Beijing Jishuitan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve; Postoperative analgesia; Ropivacaine; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; FENTANYL; PETHIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84871412378     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2010.33.016     Document Type: Article

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