Continuous local anesthetic wound infusion to improve postoperative outcome: Back to the periphery?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-371

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Liu, Spencer S ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WOUND;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548222160     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000278901.96504.49     Document Type: Editorial

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