Prospective, randomized, double-blind trial of local anesthetic infusion and intravenous narcotic patient-controlled anesthesia pump for pain management after free TRAM flap breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1010-1018

  Heller, Lior ^a,b   Kowalski, Alicia M ^a,b   Wei, Caimiano ^a,b   Butler, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYDROMORPHONE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DONOR SITE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG COMPLICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 53149093215     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181858c09     Document Type: Article

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