Reduction or elimination of postoperative pain medication after mastectomy through use of a temporarily placed local anaesthetic pump vs. control group

Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-22

  Morrison Jr , J E ^a   Jacobs, Volker R ^b,c  

^a Fayette Medical Center   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Local anaesthesia pump; Mastectomy; Pain management; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; SUFENTANIL CITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037594620     PISSN: 00444197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40364     Document Type: Article

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