Thoracic epidural anaesthesia for open cholecystectomy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 654-658

  Zahoor, Muhammad Umar ^a   Masroor, Rehan ^b   Khurshid, Tassadaq ^a   Azhar, Raheel ^a   Yasin, Malik Muhammad Amjad ^a  

^a Combined Military Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UN Mission   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Epidural anaesthesia; Epidural analgesia; Length of hospital stay (LOS); Postoperative vomiting (POV)

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; KETOROLAC; NALBUPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIBERIA; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856059171     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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