Reducing persistent postoperative pain and disability 1 year after breast cancer surgery: A randomized, controlled trial comparing thoracic paravertebral block to local anesthetic infiltration

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 795-801

  Chiu, Michelle ^a,c   Bryson, Gregory L ^a,c   Lui, Anne ^a,c   Watters, James M ^a,c   Taljaard, Monica ^b   Nathan, Howard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARM DISABILITY; ARM MOVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC INFILTRATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT FORM 12; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84896714262     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3334-6     Document Type: Review

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