Adductor canal block versus femoral nerve block for analgesia after total knee arthroplasty a randomized, double-blind study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 526-532

  Jæger, Pia ^a   Zaric, Dusanka ^b   Fomsgaard, Jonna S ^c   Hilsted, Karen Lisa ^a   Bjerregaard, Jens ^c   Gyrn, Jens ^b   Mathiesen, Ole ^a   Larsen, Tommy K ^c   Dahl, Jørgen B ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADDUCTOR CANAL BLOCK; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DENMARK; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890074517     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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