The postoperative analgesic effects of low-dose gabapentin in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy

South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Sekhavat, Leila ^a   Zare, Fatemah ^a   Mojibian, Mahdiah ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERUS MYOMA; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 67650103448     PISSN: 00382329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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