Peripheral nerve blocks for postoperative pain after major knee surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Jin ^a   Chen, Xue Mei ^a   Ma, Chen Kai ^b   Wang, Xiang Rui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOCAL INFILTRATION ANALGESIA; MAJOR SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TIME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925222587     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010937.pub2     Document Type: Review

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