The role of bupivacaine in early postoperative pain control after lumbar decompression

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 67-72

  Chadduck, James B ^b   Sneyd, J Robert ^b   Pobereskin, Louis H ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Discectomy; Methylprednisolone; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0032904358     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.90.1.0067     Document Type: Article

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