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Post‐operative pain after an above‐knee amputation is often severe, and in the elderly patients the adverse effects of post‐operative opioids are evident. We hypothesized that continuous perineural local anesthetic infusion… Click to show full abstract
Post‐operative pain after an above‐knee amputation is often severe, and in the elderly patients the adverse effects of post‐operative opioids are evident. We hypothesized that continuous perineural local anesthetic infusion (CPI) combined to a wound infusion will reduce acute pain and opioid consumption compared to placebo after above knee amputation.
Keywords:
wound infusion;
knee amputation;
knee;
combination perineural
Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2019
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