Surgical pain is followed not only by spinal sensitization but also by supraspinal antinociception

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 816-821

  Wilder Smith, O H G ^a   Tassonyi, E ^a   Senly, C ^a   Otten, Ph ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analgesia, postoperative; Analgesia, pre emptive; Pain, postoperative; Pain, threshold

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0029967334     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.6.816     Document Type: Article

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