Double-blinded, placebo-controlled, prospective randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of paravertebral block with and without continuous paravertebral block analgesia in outpatient breast cancer surgery

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 790-799

  Buckenmaier, Chester C ^a   Kwon, Kyung H ^a   Howard, Robin S ^b   McKnight, Geselle M ^a   Shriver, Craig D ^c,d   Fritz, William T ^e   Garguilo, Gerard A ^e   Joltes, Kristin H ^e   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^c,d  

^a Anesthesia and Operative Service   (United States)

^b Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

^e Department of Pharmaceutical Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block; Outcomes; Paravertebral Nerve Block; Regional Anesthesia

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTINUOUS PARAVETEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAVETEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; ANALGESIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953719236     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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