The effect of epidural vs intravenous analgesia for posterior spinal fusion surgery

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1009-1015

  O'Hara Jr , Jerome F ^a   Cywinski, Jacek B ^a   Tetzlaff, John E ^a   Xu, Meng ^a   Gurd, Alan R ^a   Andrish, Jack T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Pain; Postoperative recovery; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144260966     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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