Continuous lumbar transversus abdominis plane block may spread to supraumbilical dermatomes

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 948-951

  Forero, Mauricio ^a   Neira, Victor M ^b   Heikkila, Andrew J ^c   Paul, James E ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; DIMENHYDRINATE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DERMATOME; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NAUSEA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80755128374     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-011-9556-9     Document Type: Article

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