Pain Relief in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy-A Review of the Current Options

Pain Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 485-496

  Mitra, Sukanya ^a   Khandelwal, Purva ^a   Roberts, Kurt ^b   Kumar, Salil ^c   Vadivelu, Nalini ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy; Pain; Postoperative analgesia; Review

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; BUPIVACAINE PLUS LIDOCAINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; ETORICOXIB; FIBRIN; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORNOXICAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; TENOXICAM; VALDECOXIB;

ANALGESIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84863541721     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00513.x     Document Type: Review

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