The role of transversus abdominis plane blocks in women undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy: A retrospective review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 544-547

  Pather, Selvan ^a   Loadsman, John Anthony ^a,b   Gopalan, Pragasan Dean ^c   Rao, Archana ^a   Philp, Shannon ^a,d   Carter, Jonathon ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

laparoscopic hysterectomy; local anaesthetic; opioid

Indexed keywords

MELOXICAM; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82955237430     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01369.x     Document Type: Review

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