Comparison of efficacy and safety of lateral-to-medial continuous transversus abdominis plane block with thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgery: A randomised, open-label feasibility study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 797-804

  Ganapathy, Sugantha ^a   Sondekoppam, Rakesh V ^a   Terlecki, Magdalena ^a   Brookes, Jonathan ^a   Adhikary, Sanjib Das ^a   Subramanian, Lakshmimathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPINEPHRINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROMORPHONE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN STUDY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ABDOMEN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPIVACAINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84979098563     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000345     Document Type: Article

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