Transversus abdominis-plane block versus local anesthetic wound infiltration in lower abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Nanze ^a   Long, Xiao ^a   Lujan Hernandez, Jorge R ^b   Succar, Julien ^c   Xin, Xin ^a   Wang, Xiaojun ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local anesthetic infiltration; Meta analysis; Postoperative analgesia; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND INFILTRATION; ABDOMEN; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84924030005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-14-121     Document Type: Article

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