Transversus abdominis plane block: A systematic review

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-209

  Abdallah, Faraj W ^a   Chan, Vincent W ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER SURGERY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84859769107     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182429531     Document Type: Review

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