Ineffectiveness of local wound anesthesia to reduce postoperative pain after median sternotomy

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-318

  Magnano, Diego ^a   Montalbano, Roberto ^a   Lamarra, Mauro ^a   Ferri, Francesco ^b   Lorini, Luca ^b   Clarizia, Sergio ^b   Rescigno, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STERNUM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 22244440225     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.200318.x     Document Type: Article

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