Effect of pre-emptive gabapentin on postoperative pain following lower extremity orthopaedic surgery under spinal anaesthesia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 879-882

  Panah Khahi, M ^a   Yaghooti, A A ^a   Marashi, S H ^a   Nadjafi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Morphine demand; Orthopaedic surgery; Postoperative pain; Pre emptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIBIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMINES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83755220165     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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