Nerve-stimulator guided paravertebral blockade vs. general anaesthesia for breast surgery: A prospective randomized trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 897-903

  Naja, M Zouher ^a   Ziade, M F ^b   Lonnqvist P A ^c  

^a MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, conduction, nerve block, paravertebral; Breast diseases, breast neoplasms; Postoperative complications, postoperative nausea and vomiting; Surgery, breast

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BREAST; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242473856     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503001443     Document Type: Article

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