Improving postoperative analgesia for transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap breast reconstruction; the use of a local anaesthetic infusion catheter

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-210

  Tan, Kian Jin ^a   Farrow, Hamish ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Local anaesthetic infusion; Pain pump; Patient controlled analgesia; Postoperative analgesia; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIEMETICS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 58349098988     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.034     Document Type: Article

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