Patient Outcomes After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Breast Cancer: Use of Postoperative Continuous Local Anesthesia Infusion

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-132

  Schell, Scott R ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

axillary lymph node dissection; breast cancer; clinical outcomes; continuous analgesia; local anesthetic; postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP DESIGN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUPIVACAINE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 33744988953     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.11.571     Document Type: Article

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