Comparative study of continuous extrapleural intercostal. Nerve block and lumbar epidural morphine in post-thoracotomy pain

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 431-436

  Dauphin, Alezandre ^a   Lubanska Hubert, Elizabeth ^a   Young, J Edward M ^b   Miller, John D ^b   Bennett, W Frederick ^b   Fuller, Hugh D ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; THORACOTOMY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031468908     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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