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12917945

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Hip and knee replacement are common operative procedures to improve mobility and quality of life. Adequate pain relief is essential in the postoperative period to enable ambulation and initiation of physiotherapy. Lumbar epidural analgesia is a common modality for pain relief following these procedures. However, there is no systematic review of the evidence comparing the efficacy of epidural analgesia with other postoperative analgesic modalities. As the use of epidural analgesia may delay the initiation of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis due to the potential risk of epidural hematoma, a synthesis of the evidence is necessary to determine whether or not alternative analgesic modalities are worse, equivalent, or better than epidural analgesia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1469-493X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
CD003071
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidural analgesia for pain relief following hip or knee replacement.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Anaesthesia and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Room HSC-2U5, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Meta-Analysis