Reduced morphine consumption and pain intensity with local infiltration analgesia (LIA) following total knee arthroplasty: A randomized double-blind study involving 48 patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Postoperative pain is often severe after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We investigated the efficacy of the local infiltration analgesia (LIA) technique, both intraoperatively and postoperatively. METHODS: 48 patients undergoing TKA were randomized into 2 groups in a double-b...

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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 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20450425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2010.487241

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