Role of transversus abdominis plane block after caesarean delivery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 268-272

  Sharkey, Aidan ^a   Finnerty, Olivia ^a,b   McDonnell, John G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Clinical Science Institute   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Caesarean delivery; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84877783741     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328360fa16     Document Type: Review

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