Application of a locally placed anesthesia catheter for reduction of postoperative pain after mastectomy for breast cancer

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 225-229

  Jacobs, Volker R ^a,b   Morrison Jr , John E ^a  

^a Fayette Medical Center   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Local anesthesia catheter; Mastectomy; Pain management

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASTECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846862665     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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