Walking the tightrope after knee surgery: Optimizing postoperative analgesia while minimizing quadriceps weakness

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 248-250

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a   Hadzic, Admir ^b  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE;

EDITORIAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; THIGH;

EID: 84872876059     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318279fa3a     Document Type: Editorial

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