A Randomized Trial of Epidural Analgesia Followed by Continuous Femoral Analgesia Compared with Oral Opioid Analgesia on Short- and Long-Term Functional Recovery After Total Knee Replacement - Nader, Antoun; Kendall, Mark C.; Wixson, Richard L.; Chung, Brian; Polakow, Linda M.; McCarthy, Robert J. (Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2012)
Keywords: Administration, Oral; Aged; Analgesia, Epidural - methods; Analgesics; Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage; Arthralgia - diagnosis; Arthralgia - etiology; Arthralgia - prevention & control; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Femoral Nerve - drug effects; Femoral Nerve Analgesia; Humans; Knee; Knee Flexion; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Nerve Block - methods; Outcomes; Pain management; Patient Satisfaction; Quality of life; Range of Motion, Articular; Recovery of Function; Thromboembolic Complications; Total Knee Replacement; Treatment Outcome