Postthoracotomy Paravertebral Analgesia: Will It Replace Epidural Analgesia?

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Conlon, Niamh P ^a   Shaw, Andrew D ^a   Grichnik, Katherine P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; EFOCAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SUFENTANIL;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR PAIN; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARAPLEGIA; PARAVERTEBRAL ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SPINE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 43049150743     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2008.01.003     Document Type: Review

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