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Locally administered multimodal analgesia effective in postoperative TKA pain management

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August 2013

Locally administered multimodal analgesia effective in postoperative TKA pain management

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:473| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A multimodal analgesia protocol for total knee arthroplasty. A randomized, controlled study

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Feb;88(2):282-9

Contributing Authors:
PA Vendittoli P Makinen P Drolet M Lavigne M Fallaha MC Guertin F Varin

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42 patients with degenerative or rheumatoid arthritis of the knee undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were randomised to receive either a multimodal analgesia protocol involving ropivacaine and morphine, or self-administered morphine only for postoperative pain management. The primary outcome was morphine consumption. The results indicated that the multimodal analgesia protocol adm...

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