Effects of electroacupuncture on local anaesthesia for inguinal hernia repair: A randomised placebo-controlled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Dias, Marcio ^a   Carneiro, Norton Moritz ^b   Vanni Guerra, Luiz Antônio ^c   Velarde, Guillermo Coca ^a   Teixeira De Souza, Pedro Assaf ^c   Damásio Da Silva, Lidiane Luiz ^c   De Abreu E Souza, Rafael Ramalho ^c   Nolasco, Roberta ^c   Olej, Beni ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Center for Advanced Studies in Medical Acupuncture   (Brazil)

^c Orencio de Freitas Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956028581     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.000570     Document Type: Article

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