Intercostal nerve blockade for cancer pain: Effectiveness and selection of patients

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 266-270

  Wong, Frank C S ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Yuen, K K ^a   Lo, S H ^a   Sze, W K ^a   Tung, Stewart Y ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, local; Intercostal nerves; Nerve block; Pain clinics; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548269041     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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