Myofascial pain in patients with postthoracotomy pain syndrome

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-305

  Hamada, Hiroshi ^a,b   Moriwaki, Katsuyuki ^a   Shiroyama, Kazuhisa ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawamoto, Masashi ^a   Yuge, Osafumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUGOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intercostal nerve block; Myofascial pain; Postthoracotomy pain; Trigger point injection

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0034115778     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-200005000-00017     Document Type: Article

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