Effectiveness of epidural versus alternate analgesia for pain relief after radical prostatectomy and correlation with biochemical recurrence in men with prostate cancer

Research and Reports in Urology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-145

  Mir, Maria C ^a   Joseph, Binoy ^a   Zhao, Rona ^a   Bolton, Damien M ^a   Gyomber, Dennis ^a   Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural; Prostate neoplasm; Prostatectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886236222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22532447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RRU.S49219     Document Type: Article

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