Towards Painless Orthopaedic Surgery

Almost one thousand patients underwent either total hip replacement or spinal surgery in which diamorphine 0.5-1.0 mg was injected intrathecally. Approximately one half of the arthroplasty patients and one third of the spinal patients required no other post-operative analgesia. In the remainder, ana...

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Autor principal: Barron, David W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1984
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6531831
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