Postoperative analgesia after anterior correction of thoracic scoliosis: A prospective randomized study comparing continuous double epidural catheter technique with intravenous morphine

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1646-1651

  Blumenthal, Stephan ^a   Borgeat, Alain ^a   Nadig, Marco ^a   Min, Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior correction of thoracic scoliosis; Epidural catheter; Idiopathic scoliosis; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33745726000     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000224174.54622.1b     Document Type: Article

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