A randomized controlled trial of pudendal nerve block for pain relief after episiotomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 625-629

  Aissaoui, Younès ^a,b,c   Bruyère, Rémi ^a   Mustapha, Hassan ^a   Bry, Dominique ^a   Kamili, Noureddine Drissi ^b   Miller, Chantal ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier d'Auxerre   (France)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

^c Hô pital Militaire d'Instruction des Armées Mohammed V Rabat   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFLUMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 49949084030     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31817ee48f     Document Type: Article

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