Pain control after thoracotomy: Bupivacaine versus lidocaine in continuous extrapleural intercostal nerve blockade

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 825-828

  Watson, Derek S ^a   Panian, Steve ^a   Kendall, Vaughan ^a   Maher, D Patrick ^a   Peters, George ^a  

^a Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032931380     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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