Is epidural anaesthesia acceptable at total hip arthroplasty? A study of the rates of urinary catheterization

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1115-1117

  Macdowell, A D ^a   Robinson, A H N ^a   Hill, D J ^a   Villar, R N ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BUPA Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 9144237507     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B8.14240     Document Type: Article

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