Ketamine as an adjunct to postoperative pain management in opioid tolerant patients after spinal fusions: A prospective randomized trial

HSS Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Urban, Michael K ^a   Ya Deau, Jacques T ^a   Wukovits, Barbara ^a   Lipnitsky, Jane Y ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketamine; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349101868     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-007-9069-9     Document Type: Article

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