Single-injection thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative pain treatment after thoracoscopic surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 816-821

  Vogt, Andreas ^a   Stieger, D S ^b   Theurillat, C ^a   Curatolo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Lindenhofspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, regional; Pain, postoperative; Pain, treatment; Surgery, thoracoscopic; Thoracic paravertebral block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 28844457626     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei250     Document Type: Article

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