Caesarean section wound infiltration with local anaesthetic for postoperative pain relief - any benefit?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-319

  Bamigboye, Anthony Akinloye ^a,b   Hofmeyr, George Justus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; TENOXICAM; TRAMADOL;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL WOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952522145     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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