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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Comparison of Neosaxitoxin Versus Bupivacaine via Port Infiltration for Postoperative Analgesia Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial (1 February, 2011)

  Alberto J. Rodríguez-Navarro, Charles B. Berde, Gonzalo Wiedmaier, Andres Mercado, Carlos Garcia, Veronica Iglesias, David Zurakowski
• Validation of a Transient Pain Monitor in Healthy Volunteers (1 February, 2011)

  Christian Dualé, Nathalie Dalle, Jean-Michel Cardot, Alice Martin, Henri Boby, Vincent Bigay, Claude Dubray
• Long-Term Pain, Stiffness, and Functional Disability After Total Knee Arthroplasty With and Without an Extended Ambulatory Continuous Femoral Nerve Block: A Prospective, 1-Year Follow-Up of a Multicenter, Randomized, Triple-Masked, Placebo-Controlled Trial (1 February, 2011)

  Brian M. Ilfeld, Jonathan J. Shuster, Douglas W. Theriaque, Edward R. Mariano, Paul J. Girard, Vanessa J. Loland, R. Scott Meyer, John F. Donovan, George A. Pugh, Linda T. Le, Daniel I. Sessler, Scott T. Ball
• Psoas Compartment Block for Acute Postoperative Pain Management After Hip Surgery in Pediatrics: A Comparative Study With Caudal Analgesia (1 February, 2011)

  Ahmed M. Omar, Mohamed A. Mansour, Adil S. Kamal
• Posterior Versus Anterolateral Approach Interscalene Catheter Placement: A Prospective Randomized Trial (1 February, 2011)

  Michael J. Fredrickson, Craig M. Ball, Adam J. Dalgleish
• Direct Connections Between the Spinal Epidural Space and the Venous Circulation in Humans (1 February, 2011)

  Charles W. Buffington, Larry Nichols, Pauline L. Moran, Elisabet U.M. Blix
• An Evaluation of Medications Commonly Used for Epidural Neurolysis Procedures in a Human Fibroblast Cell Culture Model (1 February, 2011)

  Christof Birkenmaier, Julia Redeker, Birte Sievers, Carolin Melcher, Volkmar Jansson, Susanne Mayer-Wagner
• Combined Versus Sequential Injection of Mepivacaine and Ropivacaine for Supraclavicular Nerve Blocks (1 February, 2011)

  Dmitry Roberman, Harendra Arora, Daniel I. Sessler, Michael Ritchey, Jing You, Priya Kumar
• Tensile Strength Decreases and Perfusion Pressure of 3-Holed Polyamide Epidural Catheters Increases in Long-Term Epidural Infusion (1 February, 2011)

  Pascal Kim, Urs Meyer, Guido Schüpfer, Roman Rukwied, Christoph Konrad, Helmut Gerber