Does effective postoperative pain management influence surgical morbidity?

European Surgical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Rosenberg, Jacob ^a   Kehlet, H ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Morbidity; NSAID; Opioids; Pain; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032895842     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008631     Document Type: Short Survey

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