Effects of adjunct electroacupuncture on severity of postoperative pain in dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy because of acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1141-1146

  Laim, Annina ^a   Jaggy, Andre ^a   Forterre, Franck ^b   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Aeschbacher, Gina ^a   Glardon, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Clinic for Small Animals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; VERTEBRA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67649541030     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.9.1141     Document Type: Article

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