Continuous wound infusion of local anesthetic for the control of pain after elective abdominal colorectal surgery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2158-2167

  Polglase, Adrian L ^a   McMurrick, Paul J ^a   Simpson, Paul J B ^a   Wale, Roger J ^a   Carne, Peter W G ^a   Johnson, William ^a   Chee, Justin ^a   Ooi, Corrine W ^a   Chong, Jennifer W D ^a   Kingsland, Sally R ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a  

^a CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Public Health Training Scheme ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Colorectal; Laparotomy; Local anesthetic; Pain; Postoperative; Ropivacaine; Wound infusion

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL WOUND; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249001922     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9081-7     Document Type: Article

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