Thoracic epidural analgesia or patient-controlled local analgesia for radical retropubic prostatectomy: A randomized, double-blind study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 782-789

  Fant, F ^a   Axelsson, K ^a   Sandblom, D ^a   Magnuson, A ^b   Andersson, S O ^a   Gupta, A ^a,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anaesthetics, local; analgesia, epidural; analgesia, patient controlled; prostatectomy, retropubic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 80054115599     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer296     Document Type: Article

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