Lack of efficacy with transversus abdominis plane block: Is it the technique, the end points, or the statistics?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-

  Hebbard, Peter D ^a   Royse, Colin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ERROR; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ROOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952398754     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181dfe4b4     Document Type: Letter

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