Use of paravertebral block anesthesia in the surgical management of breast cancer: Experience in 156 cases

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 496-501

  Coveney, Eamonn ^a   Weltz, Christina R ^a   Greengrass, Roy ^a   Iglehart, J Dirk ^a   Leight, George S ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a   Lyerly, H Kim ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031927430     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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