Local, regional, or general anaesthesia in groin hernia repair: Multicentre randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9387, 2003, Pages 853-858

  Nordin, Pär ^a   Zetterström, Henrik ^a   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^b   Nilsson, Erik ^c  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Motala Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGEON; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141518675     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14339-5     Document Type: Article

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