A combination of gabapentin and local anaesthetics attenuates acute and late pain after abdominal hysterectomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-528

  Fassoulaki, A ^a   Melemeni, A ^a   Stamatakis, E ^a   Petropoulos, G ^a   Sarantopoulos, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain, postoperative; Pharmacology, gabapentin, ropivacaine, morphine, paracetamol, codeine; Surgical procedures, abdominal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONALGAL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL PLUS CODEINE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMIDES; AMINES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34249085908     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506002134     Document Type: Article

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