Is wound infiltration with anesthetic effective as pre-emptive analgesia? A clinical trial in appendectomy patients

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Willard, Peter T ^a   Blair, N Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APPENDECTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0031011371     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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