The effect of acupuncture on relieving pain after inguinal surgeries

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-50

  Taghavi, Rahim ^a   Tabasi, Kamyar Tavakoli ^a   Mogharabian, Nasser ^a   Asadpour, Akram ^a   Golchian, Amir ^a   Mohamadi, Shabnam ^a   Kabiri, Azade Ataran ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Electro acupuncture; Inguinal surgery; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 84873549444     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2013.26.1.46     Document Type: Article

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