The use of intraoperative epidural or spinal analgesia modulates postoperative hyperalgesia and reduces residual pain after major abdominal surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-379

  Lavand'homme, Patricia ^a   De Kock, M ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic postsurgical pain; Epidural analgesia; Secondary hyperalgesia; Spinal analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; MORPHINE; SUFENTANIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 33846176534     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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