How painful is donor nephrectomy? Retrospective analysis of early pain and pain management in open versus laparoscopic versus retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1735-1738

  Bachmann, Alexander ^a,b   Wolff, Thomas ^a   Giannini, Olivier ^a   Dickenman, Michael ^a   Ruszat, Robin ^a   Gürke, Lorenz ^a   Kaufmann, Mark ^a   Gasser, Thomas C ^a   Steiger, Jürg ^a   Stief, Christian G ^b   Sulser, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor nephrectomy; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Living kidney donation; Postoperative pain; Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEPHRECTOMY; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33745473775     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000225800.69089.b4     Document Type: Article

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