The effects of spinal anesthesia vs epidural anesthesia on 3 potential postoperative complications: Pain, urinary retention, and mobility following inguinal herniorrhaphy

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-447

  Faas, Ceri L ^a,b   Acosta, Florence J ^a,b   Campbell, Mark D R ^a,c   O'Hagan, Chris E ^a,d   Newton, Sarah E ^a,b   Zagalaniczny, Karen ^a,b  

^a William Beaumont Hospital ^*

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MUSC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Inguinal herniorrhaphy; Mobility; Outpatient anesthesia; Pain; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MOBILIZATION; NURSE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE RETENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0036987525     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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