Investigating the effect of intra-operative infiltration with local anaesthesia on the development of chronic postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair. A randomized placebo controlled triple blinded and group sequential study design [NCT00484731]

BMC Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Honigmann, Philipp ^a   Fischer, Henning ^a   Kurmann, Anita ^a   Audigé, Laurent ^b   Schüpfer, Guido ^a   Metzger, Jürg ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

^b AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149032878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-7-22     Document Type: Article

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