Ultrasound guided intercostobrachial nerve blockade in patients with persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: A pilot study

Pain Physician

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages E309-E317

  Wijayasinghe, Nelun ^a   Duriaud, Helle M ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Andersen, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, local; Intercostobrachial nerve; Mastectomy; Nerve block; Neuralgia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE BLOCK; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY PERCEPTION TEST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUPIVACAINE; DENMARK; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84961293650     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: 21501149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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