Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia for preventing chronic pain after surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Andreae, Michael H ^a,c   Andreae, Doerthe A ^b   Motschall, Edith ^c   Rücker, Gerta ^a   Timmer, Antje ^a  

^a German Cochrane Center   (Germany)

^b St Josephs Hosptal   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ALLODYNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 44949241687     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007105     Document Type: Review

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