Feasibility and analgesic efficacy of the transversus abdominis plane block after single-port laparoscopy in patients having bariatric surgery

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 837-841

  Wassef, Michael ^a   Lee, David Y ^a   Levine, Jun L ^a   Ross, Ronald E ^a   Guend, Hamza ^a   Vandepitte, Catherine ^a   Hadzic, Admir ^a   Teixeira, Julio ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Nerve blocks; Postoperative pain; Regional anesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYDROMORPHONE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84888635085     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S50561     Document Type: Article

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