A prospective, double-blinded, randomized trial evaluating the use of preemptive analgesia of the skin before thoracotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1055-1058

  Cerfolio, Robert James ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^b   Bass, Cynthia Sale ^b   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERRATRUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0141451744     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01023-3     Document Type: Article

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