Early postoperative pain management after thoracic surgery; Pre- and postoperative versus postoperative epidural analgesia: A randomised study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-424

  Yegin, Arif ^a   Erdogan, Abdullah ^a   Kayacan, Nurten ^a   Karsli, Bilge ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural; Pain; Postoperative; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; THORAX SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0041761114     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00345-2     Document Type: Article

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