The chronic intraspinal use of opioid and local anesthetic mixtures for the relief of intractable pain: When all else fails!

Pain

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-4

  Krames, Elliot S ^a  

^a San Francisco Pain Management Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

CANCER PAIN; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NARCOTICS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE;

EID: 0027486891     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(93)90182-O     Document Type: Editorial

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