Comparison of postoperative pain in patients receiving interscalene block or general anesthesia for shoulder surgery

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-48

  Wu, Christopher L ^a   Rouse, Lucien M ^a   Chen, Jeffrey M ^a   Miller, Richard J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER;

EID: 0036149636     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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