Postoperative gabapentin to prevent postoperative pain: A randomized clinical trial

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-80

  Panah Khahi, Mahdi ^a   Marashi, Shaqayeq ^a   Khajavi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Najafi, Atabak ^a   Yaghooti, Amirabbas ^a   Imani, Farsad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Gabapentin; Pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901202102     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.4744     Document Type: Article

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