Transversus abdominis plane block reduces the analgesic requirements after abdominoplasty with flank liposuction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Araco, Antonino ^a   Pooney, Jack ^a   Araco, Francesco ^b   Gravante, Gianpiero ^c  

^a Dolan Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominoplasty; body contouring; locoregional analgesia; pain; Transversus abdominis plane

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LIPECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BUPIVACAINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; OBESITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958020574     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181cc2a24     Document Type: Article

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