Nerve block of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve in knee arthroscopy a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1465-1472

  Hsu, Lawrence P ^a   Oh, Sanders ^a   Nuber, Gordon W ^a   Doty, Robert ^a   Kendall, Mark C ^a   Gryzlo, Stephen ^a   Nader, Antoun ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFRAPATELLAR BRANCH OF SAPHENOUS NERVE BLOCK; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LYSHOLM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NUMERIC RATING SCALE SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS NERVE; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887260499     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01534     Document Type: Review

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