The efficacy of pre- versus postsurgical axillary block on postoperative pain in paediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-28

  Altintas, Fatiş ^a,b   Bozkurt, Pervin ^a   Ipek, Neval ^a   Yücel, Akin ^a   Kaya, Güner ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nispetiye Cad Prof Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axillary block; Bupivacaine; Preemptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0033972189     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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