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Continuous femoral nerve blockade versus patient-controlled analgesia following TKA

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March 2015

Continuous femoral nerve blockade versus patient-controlled analgesia following TKA

Vol: 4| Issue: 3| Number:43| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Elective unilateral total knee replacement using continuous femoral nerve blockade versus conventional patient-controlled analgesia: perioperative patient management based on a multidisciplinary pathway

Hong Kong Med J. 2014 Feb;20(1):45-51. doi: 10.12809/hkmj133899. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

Contributing Authors:
JW Wu YC Wong

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Synopsis

60 patients undergoing unilateral elective total knee arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia were randomized to undergo a newly-proposed multidisciplinary postoperative treatment protocol involving multimodal analgesia and either continuous femoral nerve blockade (CFNB) or conventional patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). The purpose of this study was to compare clinical and functional outcomes asso...

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