Perioperative pain control after total knee arthroplasty: An evidence based review of the role of peripheral nerve blocks

World Journal of Orthopedics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-232

  Danninger, Thomas ^a,b   Opperer, Mathias ^b   Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Perioperative pain control; Peripheral nerve blockade; Postoperative outcome; Regional anesthesia; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906090943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22185836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v5.i3.225     Document Type: Article

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