Thoracic epidural infusions for post thoracotomy pain relief: A clinical study to compare the efficacy of fentanyl - bupivicaine mixtures versus fentanyl alone

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-118

  Sanjay, O P ^a   Kadam, V R ^b   Menezes, J ^a   Prashanth, P ^a   Tauro, D I ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b AI Nadha Hospital Ruwi   (Oman)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873334228     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-003-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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