Extrapleural regional versus systemic analgesia for relieving postthoracotomy pain: A clinical study of bupivacaine compared with metamizol

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1580-1583

  Bilgin, Mehmet ^a   Akcali, Yigit ^a   Oguzkaya, Fahri ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIPYRONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0344925002     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00701-3     Document Type: Article

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