New developments in the treatment of acute pain after thoracic surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-11

  Maxwell, Cory ^a   Nicoara, Alina ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidural analgesia; multimodal; pain; paravertebral block; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CRYOANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTRAPLEURAL NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUTE PAIN; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84891829351     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000029     Document Type: Review

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