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EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN
Author(s) -
Shanks C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107157.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , blockade , pain relief , incidence (geometry) , postoperative pain , surgery , physics , receptor , optics
Epidural analgesia was used for the relief of postoperative pain in 112 cases. It is suggested that segmental blockade can be at times a useful alternative to the centrally‐acting narcotics and may lead to a lesser incidence of chest infection.