Effects of anesthesia on pain after lower-limb amputation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 600-604

  Ong, Bill Y ^a   Arneja, Amarjit ^a   Ong, Edmund W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Anesthesia: epidural, general, spinal; Pain: phantom limb, stump

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHANTOM LIMB; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845464979     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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