Use of a single injection femoral nerve block in the patients of total knee replacement with concomitant epidural analgesia

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1744-1748

  Tantry, Thrivikrama Padur ^a   Muralishankar, B G ^b   Hukkeryry, Rajesh ^c  

^a AJ Institute of Dental Sciences   (India)

^b KVG institute of Medical Sciences ^*  (India)

^c A J INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Femoral; Nerve block; T knee replacement

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; HYALURONIDASE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 84871878183     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4920.2620     Document Type: Article

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