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Local infiltration of analgesia and sciatic nerve block provide similar pain relief after total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Although femoral nerve block provides satisfactory analgesia after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), residual posterior knee pain may decrease patient satisfaction. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to clarify the efficacy of the sciatic nerve block (SNB) and local infiltration of...

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Autores principales: Tanikawa, Hidenori, Harato, Kengo, Ogawa, Ryo, Sato, Tomoyuki, Kobayashi, Shu, Nomoto, So, Niki, Yasuo, Okuma, Kazunari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28697780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-017-0616-x