A dose reduction study of local anesthetic with addition of dexmedetomidine on postoperative epidural analgesia after total knee arthroplasty
Background: Epidural analgesia is still the preferred method of postoperative analgesia for total knee arthroplasty in many countries. Dexmedetomidine is a new alpha-2 agonist which had many beneficial effects when administered epidurally. The aim of study was to provide effective postoperative anal...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-07-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184916000350 |