Combination of topical EMLA with local injection of lidocaine: Superior pain relief after Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 586-590

  Shiau, Jieh Min ^a   Hung, Kuo Chuan ^a   Chen, Hong Hua ^a   Chen, Wei Hao ^a   Wu, Yu Hua ^a   Tseng, Chia Chih ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EMLA; Hemorrhoidectomy; Local anesthetic; Pain; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; NEOMYCIN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRILOCAINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548126483     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3180e00d31     Document Type: Article

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