Prevention of postoperative pain and of epidural fibrosis after lumbar microdiscectomy pilot study in a series of forty cases treated with epidural vaseline-sterile-oil-morphine compound

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1562-1566

  Mastronardi, Luciano ^a   Pappagallo, Marco ^b   Tatta, Carlo ^c   Roperto, Raffaelino ^a   Elsawaf, Ahmed ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Beth Israel University Hospital   (United States)

^c SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Epidural scar; Lumbar microdiscectomy; Morphine; Pain

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MORPHINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETROLATUM;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EMULSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBROSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DISKECTOMY; EMOLLIENTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PETROLATUM; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649099113     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181788744     Document Type: Article

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