ARTHROPLASTY
Locally administered multimodal analgesia effective in postoperative TKA pain management
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Feb;88(2):282-942 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 administered locally through periarticular injection provided effective pain management with minimal side effects.
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