Rectus sheath catheters provide equivalent analgesia to epidurals following laparotomy for colorectal surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 530-533

  Tudor, Edward C G ^a   Yang, W ^a   Brown, R ^a   Mackey, P M ^a  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Colorectal surgery; Epidural; Laparotomy; Rectus sheath catheter

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944410106     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2015.0018     Document Type: Article

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