Does preemptive gabapentin reduce morphine consumption and remaining leg pain after lumbar discectomy?: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-120

  Vahedi, Payman ^a,b   Shimia, Mohammad ^a   Aghamohammadi, Dawood ^b   Mohajernezhadfard, Zahra ^c   Shoeibi, Ali ^d   Lotfinia, Iraj ^a   Vahedi, Afsaneh ^e   Vahedi, Yazdan ^d   Jamali, Payman ^f   Salehpour, Firooz ^a   Farajirad, Mohammad ^d   Bustani, Mohammadreza ^a   Haghir, Amirhossein ^a  

^a Spine Research Center   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Shahrrod Welfare and Rehabilitation Center ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

discectomy; gabapentin; lumbar; morphine; sciatica; visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79958041896     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: 15344916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3182059576     Document Type: Article

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