Prospective double-blind randomised study of a new regimen of pre- emptive analgesia for inguinal hernia repair: Evaluation of postoperative pain course

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 545-551

  Fischer, Stefan ^a   Troidl, Hans ^a   MacLean, Alexandra A ^b   Koehler, Lothar ^a   Paul, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic consumption; Inguinal hernia repair; Pain relief; Postoperative pain; Pre emptive analgesia; Verbal rating scale; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IBUPROFEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033928924     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241500750008619     Document Type: Article

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