Transversus abdominis plane block: The Holy Grail of anaesthesia for (lower) abdominal surgery

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Jankovic, Zorica ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IOPAMIDOL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 68149182444     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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