Local Anesthetic Wound Infiltration after Osteosynthesis of Extracapsular Hip Fracture Does Not Reduce Pain or Opioid Requirements: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial in 49 Patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) supports early mobilization after hip and knee arthroplasty. Inspired by this, we studied the effectiveness of wound infiltration with the long acting local anesthetic ropivacaine in an effort to decrease the need for postoperative opioids a...

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Autores principales: Bech, Rune D., Ovesen, Ole, Lauritsen, Jens, Emmeluth, Claus, Lindholm, Peter, Overgaard, Søren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6398424

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