Combined paravertebral and intrathecal vs thoracic epidural analgesia for post-thoracotomy pain relief

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-449

  Dango, S ^a,b   Harris, S ^a   Offner, K ^a   Hennings, E ^a   Priebe, H J ^a   Buerkle, H ^a   Passlick, B ^a   Loop, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anaesthetic techniques, paravertebral; anaesthetic techniques, regional, thoracic; analgesics, opioid; pain; surgery, thoracic

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84874368353     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes394     Document Type: Article

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