Intercostally placed paravertebral catheterization: An alternative approach to continuous paravertebral blockade

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Burns, David A ^a   Ben David, Bruce ^b   Chelly, Jacques E ^b   Greensmith, J Eric ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUOUS PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVERTEBRAL CATHETERIZATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE;

EID: 49849095836     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318174df1d     Document Type: Article

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