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We studied 104 patients undergoing primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction who were prospectively randomized into receiving either an intravenous pethidine infusion or a continuous bupivicaine infusion to the lumbar plexus via the femoral sheath, for postoperative analgesia. No difference was found between the two methods in terms of their analgesic effect (P > 0.1) and both were well...