Improved pain relief after thoracotomy: Use of cryoprobe and morphine infusion

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 283, Issue 6297, 1981, Pages 945-948

  Orr, I A ^a   Keenan, D J M ^b   Dundee, J W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOANESTHESIA; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MIDDLE AGE; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THORACIC SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0019520752     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.283.6297.945     Document Type: Article

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