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Postoperative Pain Control for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Continuous Femoral Nerve Block Versus Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia

Rui Min Lee, John Boon Lim Tey, Nicholas Chua

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine · 2012 · 26 citations · 22 references

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Our study shows that there is improvement in pain scores, at rest and on movement, as well as a reduction in incidence of severe pain, in patients who receive CFNB versus those who receive intravenous PCA.

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Effects of Perioperative Analgesic Technique on the Surgical Outcome and Duration of Rehabilitation after Major Knee Surgery 

Xavier Capdevila, Y Barthelet, Philippe Biboulet et al. · Anesthesiology · 1999 · 1K citations · Full text

Effects of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine, Continuous Epidural Analgesia, and Continuous Three-in-One Block on Postoperative Pain and Knee Rehabilitation After Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

François Singelyn, M. Deyaert, Daniel Joris et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1998 · 657 citations

Effects of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine, Continuous Epidural Analgesia, and Continuous Three-in-One Block on Postoperative Pain and Knee Rehabilitation After Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

François Singelyn, M. Deyaert, Daniel Joris et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1998 · 524 citations

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Continuous femoral blocks improve recovery and outcome of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

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Sugantha Ganapathy, Ronald A. Wasserman, James T. Watson et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1999 · 200 citations