Regional anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia for major knee surgery: Comparison between epidural and combined lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-415

  Aldahish, Mohamed M ^a,c   Zeidan, Anwar Z ^b   Moussa, Saadeya F ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Knee surgery; Lumbar plexus block; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE SURGERY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 9744279064     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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