Wound infusion with local anaesthesia after laparotomy: A randomized controlled trial

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 794-801

  Wang, Louis William ^a   Wong, Shing Wai ^a,b   Crowe, Philip John ^a,b   Khor, Kok Eng ^a   Jastrzab, Grazyna ^a   Parasyn, Andrew David ^a   Walsh, William Robert ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Laparotomy; Local; Pain; Patient controlled; Post operative; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LAPAROTOMY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958555631     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05339.x     Document Type: Article

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