Transversus abdominis plane blocks for rescue analgesia after major abdominal surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-637

  Koscielniak Nielsen, Zbigniew J ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79959816846     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02444.x     Document Type: Editorial

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