Paravertebral blocks provide superior same-day recovery over general anesthesia for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1076-1081

  Hadzic, Admir ^a,b   Kerimoglu, Beklen ^a   Loreio, Dan ^a   Karaca, Pelin Emine ^a   Claudio, Richard E ^a   Yufa, Marina ^a   Wedderburn, Ray ^a   Santos, Alan C ^a   Thys, Daniel M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DESFLURANE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645511693     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000196532.56221.f2     Document Type: Article

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