Is epidural anesthesia truly the best pain management strategy after minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-82

  St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Weesner, Kathryn A ^a   Sharp, Ronald J ^a   Sharp, Susan W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Pain control; Pectus repair

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149055581     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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