The transversus abdominis plane block provides effective postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2056-2060

  Carney, John ^a,b   McDonnell, John G ^a,b   Ochana, Alan ^b   Bhinder, Raj ^b   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; TRANSVERSE LOWER ABDOMINAL WALL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; HYSTERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 58149302624     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181871313     Document Type: Article

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