Evaluation of postoperative analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane block after abdominal surgery: A comparative study

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-180

  Sharma, Priya ^a   Chand, Trilok ^a   Saxena, Arpita ^a   Bansal, Rajeev ^a   Mittal, Apurva ^a   Shrivastava, Uma ^a  

^a S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Lumbar triangle of petit; neurofascial plane; transversus abdominis plane block; visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878843540     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.107286     Document Type: Article

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