Control of postoperative pain by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after thoracic operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 773-776

  Benedetti, Fabrizio ^a,b   Amanzio, Martina ^a   Casadio, Caterina ^a   Cavallo, Antonio ^a   Cianci, Roberto ^a   Giobbe, Roberto ^a   Mancuso, Maurizio ^a   Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Maggi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030978472     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01249-0     Document Type: Article

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