Wound infiltration with levobupivacaine: An alternative method of postoperative pain relief after inguinal hernia repair in children

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Matsota, P ^a   Papageorgiou Brousta, M ^b   Kostopanagiotou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Children's Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Children; Hernioplasty; Infiltration; Levobupivacaine

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748859297     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965473     Document Type: Article

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