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Reduction of the incidence of development of venous thromboembolism by ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block in total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the subsequent development of pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of post-operative mortality in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We evaluated whether the addition of an ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block with general anesthesia affected the inciden...

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Autores principales: Asakura, Yusuke, Tsuchiya, Hiroki, Mori, Hisatake, Yano, Takashi, Kanayama, Yasuhide, Takagi, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22148086
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2011.61.5.382