Neural blockade for persistent pain after breast cancer surgery

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 272-278

  Wijayasinghe, Nelun ^a   Andersen, Kenneth G ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN NERVE; STELLATE GANGLION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEURALGIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84903215663     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000101     Document Type: Review

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