Does bilateral superficial cervical plexus block decrease analgesic requirement after thyroid surgery?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1174-1176

  Eti, Zeynep ^a   Irmak, Pinar ^a   Gulluoglu, Bahadir M ^a   Manukyan, Manuk N ^a   Gogus, F Yilmaz ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 33645514879     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000202383.51830.c4     Document Type: Article

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