Beyond opioid patient-controlled analgesia: A systematic review of analgesia after major spine surgery

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-98

  Sharma, Sonal ^a   Balireddy, Ravi K ^b   Vorenkamp, Kevin E ^b   Durieux, Marcel E ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NERVE ROOT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BACK PAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855185011     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182340869     Document Type: Review

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