Continuous femoral versus epidural block for attainment of 120° knee flexion after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 807-814

  Sakai, Norihiro ^a   Inoue, Takaya ^a   Kunugiza, Yasuo ^a   Tomita, Tetsuya ^a   Mashimo, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep knee flexion; Epidural analgesia; Femoral nerve block; Functional outcomes; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876726300     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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