The effects of the pre-emptive oral gabapentin on post-anesthesia recovery criteria, acute post-thoracotomy pain and development of chronicity in pain with benign thoracotomy operations

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 389-396

  Koşucu, Müge ^a   Tuǧcugil, Ersagun ^a   Ertürk, Engin ^a   Topbaş, Murat ^a   Eroǧlu, Ahmet ^a   Ulusoy, Hülya ^a   Tekinbaş, Celal ^a  

^a Medical Faculty of Karadeniz Teknik University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Pain; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899756023     PISSN: 13015680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7707     Document Type: Article

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