Publications of Faculty of Medicine:EXTRAPLEURAL VERSUS EPIDURAL CATHETER TECHNIQUES EMPLOYING ROPIVACAINE ANALGESIA FOR POST-THORACOTOMY PAIN RELIEF : Abstract |
| Title: | EXTRAPLEURAL VERSUS EPIDURAL CATHETER TECHNIQUES EMPLOYING ROPIVACAINE ANALGESIA FOR POST-THORACOTOMY PAIN RELIEF |
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| Abstract: |
To assess the effectiveness of the long acting local anesthetic (0.25% ropivacaine) intermittently administered through an extrapleural paravertebral catheter versus a thoracic epidural catheter on postthoracotomy pain relief |