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Magnesium with levobupivacaine improves pain and clinical outcomes in ACL reconstruction

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July 2013

Magnesium with levobupivacaine improves pain and clinical outcomes in ACL reconstruction

Vol: 2| Issue: 6| Number:96| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

The effect of magnesium added to levobupivacaine for femoral nerve block on postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2013 May;21(5):1119-24. doi: 10.1007/s00167-012-2093-4. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Contributing Authors:
P Ekmekci ZK Bengisun B Akan BK Kazbek KS Ozkan AH Suer

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107 patients undergoing arthroscopic anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were randomized to receive an administration of either magnesium in conjunction with levobupivacaine, or levobupivacaine only to evaluate the effects on clinical outcomes and pain. The results indicated that magnesium, in conjunction with levobupivacaine, provided improvements in Visual Anal...

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