A comparison of paravertebral nerve block catheters and thoracic epidural catheters for postoperative analgesia following the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum repair

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 516-520

  Hall Burton, Denise M ^a   Boretsky, Karen R ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pain; anesthesia conduction; anesthesia, epidural; anesthesiology; bone diseases, developmental; nerve block; pain, postoperative; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK CATHETER; NUSS PROCEDURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER; DEVICES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERS; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897989533     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12369     Document Type: Article

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