Continuous Infusion of Bupivacaine Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Control Trial Pilot Study

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 479-484

  Williams, Dale ^a,b   Petruccelli, Danielle ^a   Paul, James ^a,b   Piccirillo, Liz ^a   Winemaker, Mitch ^a,b   de Beer, Justin ^a,b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Local anesthetic infiltration; Multimodal analgesia; Outcomes; Pain pump; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84874562260     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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