Thoracic paravertebral block and its effects on chronic pain and health-related quality of life after modified radical mastectomy

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 289-298

  Karmakar, Manoj Kumar ^a   Samy, Winnie ^a   Li, Jia W ^a   Lee, Anna ^a   Chan, Wing Cheong ^b   Chen, Phoon P ^b   Ho, Anthony M H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; VERBAL RATING SCALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; VERTEBRA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHRONIC PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84903191266     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000113     Document Type: Article

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