Anesthesia via peripheral nerve blocks during total knee replacement has no effect on postoperative inflammation in elderly patients
Background We have previously shown that, compared with general anesthesia (GA), the procedure of peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) facilitates faster recovery of elderly patients from total knee replacement (TKR). Here, we investigated whether the faster recovery is associated with decreased perioperat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10225536231217539 |