Does tramadol wound infiltration offer an advantage over bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia in children following herniotomy?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1047-1050

  Demiraran, Yavuz ^a,c   Ilce, Zekeriya ^a   Kocaman, Buket ^a   Bozkurt, Pervin ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Osmaniye Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Herniotomy; Postoperative analgesia; Tramadol; Wound infiltration

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCISION; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 33748742520     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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