Continuous adductor canal blocks are superior to continuous femoral nerve blocks in promoting early ambulation after TKA

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1377-1383

  Mudumbai, Seshadri C ^a   Kim, T Edward ^a   Howard, Steven K ^a   Workman, J Justin ^a   Giori, Nicholas ^a   Woolson, Steven ^a   Ganaway, Toni ^a   King, Robert ^a   Mariano, Edward R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADDUCTOR CANAL CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; AGED; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEMORAL CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATING ROOM; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECOVERY ROOM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899581369     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3197-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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