Continuous thoracic epidural anesthesia with 0.2% Ropivacaine versus general anesthesia for perioperative management of modified radical mastectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1552-1557

  Doss, Nabil W ^a   Ipe, Joseph ^a   Crimi, Thomas ^a   Rajpal, Sanjeev ^a   Cohen, Steven ^a   Fogler, Richard J ^a   Michael, Rafik ^a   Gintautas, Jonas ^a  

^a BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITRIC OXIDE; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0035008174     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200106000-00041     Document Type: Article

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