The role of peripheral afferents in persistent inguinal postherniorrhaphy pain: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of ultrasound-guided tender point blockade

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 829-837

  Wijayasinghe, N ^a   Ringsted, T K ^a   Bischoff, J M ^a   Kehlet, H ^a   Werner, M U ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bupivacaine; chronic pain; herniorrhaphy; inguinal hernia; nerve blockade; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETRY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL PAIN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE; SLEEP QUALITY; SUPRATHRESHOLD HEAT PAIN PERCEPTION; TENDER POINT BLOCKADE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973340707     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew071     Document Type: Article

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