Paravertebral Blocks in Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with or without Immediate Reconstruction Provides Improved Pain Control and Decreased Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3284-3289

  Fahy, Aodhnait S ^a   Jakub, James W ^a   Dy, Benzon M ^a   Eldin, Nora Serag ^a   Harmsen, Scott ^a   Sviggum, Hans ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIEMETICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930979458     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3923-z     Document Type: Article

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