Local anaesthetic infiltration for peri-operative pain control in total hip and knee replacement: Systematic review and meta-analyses of short- and long-term effectiveness

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marques, Elsa M R ^a   Jones, Hayley E ^a   Elvers, Karen T ^b   Pyke, Mark ^c   Blom, Ashley W ^b   Beswick, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Hip replacement; Knee replacement; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REST; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND CLOSURE; CONVALESCENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION RISK; OXFORD KNEE SCORE; PAIN INTENSITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EARLY AMBULATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84905374671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-220     Document Type: Review

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