Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: comparison of analgesia using intrathecal morphine, intra-articular morphine and intra-articular levobupivacaine

OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic effect of intra-articular administration of morphine and levobupivacaine (separately or in combination) with intrathecal administration of morphine in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using autologous grafts from the patellar ten...

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Main Authors: Leandro Queiroz Pinheiro, Edmundo Neri Junior, Reginaldo Mendonça Fernandes, Rodrigo Tavares Cardozo, Priscila Rodrigues Rezende
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000300300&lng=en&tlng=en