Postoperative pain relief by topical lidocaine in the surgical wound of hysterectomized patients

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-594

  Sinclair, R ^a   Westlander, G ^a   Cassuto, J ^a,c   Hedner, T ^b  

^a Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, local: lidocaine; Pain: postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029895588     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04493.x     Document Type: Article

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