Pharmacological strategies to reduce pruritus during postoperative epidural analgesia after lumbar fusion surgery - a prospective randomized trial in 150 patients

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gulle, Eva ^a   Skärvinge, Carola ^a   Runberg, Karin ^a   Robinson, Yohan ^b   Olerud, Claes ^a,b  

^a Stockholm Spine Center   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 79959248594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-5-10     Document Type: Article

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