Paravertebral somatic nerve block compared with peripheral nerve blocks for outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 476-480

  Klein, Stephen M ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Nielsen, Karen C ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a   Warner, David S ^a   Moylan, Joseph A ^a   Eubanks, W Steve ^a   Greengrass, Roy A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetic technique; Clinical trial; Herniorrhaphy

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; KETOROLAC; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; ORCHITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 0036744904     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.35147     Document Type: Article

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