Reduced hospital stay, morphine consumption, and pain intensity with local infiltration analgesia after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A randomized double–blind study of 40 patients

Background and purpose The degree of postoperative pain is usually moderate to severe following knee arthroplasty. We investigated the efficacy of local administration of analgesics into the operating area, both intraoperatively and postoperatively. Methods 40 patients undergoing unicompartmental kn...

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Autores principales: Essving, Per, Axelsson, Kjell, Kjellberg, Jill, Wallgren, Örjan, Gupta, Anil, Lundin, Anders
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19404806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670902930008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19404806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453670902930008

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