The efficacy of pre-emptive analgesia on pain management in total knee arthroplasty: a mini-review

Abstract Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is considered a cost-effective and efficacious treatment for patients with end-stage knee arthritis. Meanwhile, TKA has been regarded as one of the most painful orthopaedic surgeries. Pain control after TKA remains a challenging task. Many analgesic innovations...

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Main Authors: Jianda Xu, Huan Li, Chong Zheng, Bin Wang, Pengfei Shen, Zikang Xie, Yuxing Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Arthroplasty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42836-019-0011-7