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No evidence of a clinically important effect of adding local infusion analgesia administrated through a catheter in pain treatment after total hip arthroplasty

A randomized double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 60 patients

Kirsten Specht
,
Jane Schwartz Leonhardt Clinical Research Unit, Department of Orthopaedics
,
Peter Revald Clinical Research Unit, Department of Orthopaedics
,
Hans MandøeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Vejle Hospital
,
Else Bay AndresenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Vejle Hospital
,
John BrodersenDepartment and Research Unit of General Practice
,
Svend KreinerDepartment of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
&
Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen Clinical Research Unit, Department of Orthopaedics
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Pages 315-320 | Received 24 Apr 2010, Accepted 13 Dec 2010, Published online: 30 May 2011

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