The effect of intravenous paracetamol on postoperative pain after lumbar discectomy

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-404

  Shimia, Mohammad ^a   Parish, Masoud ^a   Abedini, Naghi ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Lumbar discectomy; Morphine; Pain; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906736575     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2014.8.4.400     Document Type: Article

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