Ultrasound-Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Thoracotomy Pain

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 152-158

  Khalil, Asmaa Elsayed ^a   Abdallah, Nasr Mahmoud ^a,b   Bashandy, Ghada M ^a   Kaddah, Tarek Abdel Haleem ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

acute pain; postoperative pain; serratus anterior plane block; thoracic epidural analgesia; thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERRATUS ANTERIOR PLANE BLOCK; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACK MUSCLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INNERVATION; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORACIC VERTEBRA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BACK MUSCLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007518384     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.08.023     Document Type: Article

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