Continuous TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) blocks for postoperative pain control after hernia surgery: A randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1957-1964

  Heil, Justin W ^a   Nakanote, Ken A ^c   Madison, Sarah J ^a   Loland, Vanessa J ^a   Mariano, Edward R ^a   Sandhu, Navparkash S ^a   Bishop, Michael L ^a   Agarwal, Rishi R ^a   Proudfoot, James A ^b   Ferguson, Eliza J ^a   Morgan, Anya C ^a   Ilfeld, Brian M ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Postoperative Pain; Regional Pain

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERINEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; UMBILICAL HERNIA; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; INFUSION PUMP; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84911986576     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12530     Document Type: Article

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