Efficacy of Continuous Wound Catheters Delivering Local Anesthetic for Postoperative Analgesia: A Quantitative and Qualitative Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 914-932

  Liu, Spencer S ^a   Richman, Jeffrey M ^b   Thirlby, Richard C ^c   Wu, Christopher L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOBEMIDONE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NICOMORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33750966780     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.08.007     Document Type: Review

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