Effect of adductor canal block on pain in patients with severe pain after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized study with individual patient analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 912-919

  Grevstad, U ^a   Mathiesen, O ^b   Lind, T ^a   Dahl, J B ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute pain; arthroplasty, replacement, knee; nerve block; pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CELECOXIB; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADDUCTOR CANAL BLOCK; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE PAIN; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84899892538     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet441     Document Type: Article

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