Effect of Early Administration of the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonist Amantadine on the Development of Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome: A Prospective Pilot Study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Eisenberg, Elon ^a   Pud, Dorit ^b   Koltun, Lev ^c   Loven, David ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

axillary lymph node dissection; central sensitization; Glutamate; nerve injury; neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; DIPYRONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; POSTMASTECTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMANTADINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847639694     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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