Intravenous lidocaine speeds the return of bowel function, decreases postoperative pain, and shortens hospital stay in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Groudine, Scott B ^a   Fisher, Hugh A G ^a   Kaufman Jr , Ronald P ^a   Patel, Manoj K ^a   Wilkins, Lance J ^a   Mehta, Sudha A ^a   Lumb, Philip D ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0031952040     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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