Acupuncture for the treatment of post-operative pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Manheimer, Eric ^a   Eaton, Kathleen ^b   Lao, Lixing ^a   White, Adrian R ^c   Morozova, Olga ^b   Lee, Myeong Soo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85041834689     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006042.pub2     Document Type: Article

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