Bowel function recovery after radical hysterectomies: Thoracic epidural bupivacaine-morphine versus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-92

  De Leon Casasola, Oscar A ^a,c   Karabella, Dora ^a   Lema, Mark J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia, postoperative; analgesics, opioid; anesthetic techniques, epidural; anesthetics local; bupivacaine; gastrointestinal motility; morphine; pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0029961655     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(95)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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