Transversus Abdominis Block: Clinical Uses, Side Effects, and Future Perspectives

Pain Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-344

  Taylor, Robert ^a   Pergolizzi, Joseph V ^b,c,d   Sinclair, Alexander ^e   Raffa, Robert B ^f   Aldington, Dominic ^g   Plavin, Stanford ^h   Apfel, Christian C ⁱ  

^a NEMA Research   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Alexander Sinclair MD Inc   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Analgesia; Anesthesia; Local; Nerve block; Pain; Postoperative; Regional

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875955401     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2012.00595.x     Document Type: Review

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