Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 85-93 , August 2005

A prospective randomized pragmatic double-blinded comparison of 0.125% and 0.0625% bupivacaine for the management of pain after operation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

  • F. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • Acute Pain Service, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1253 300000; fax: +44 1253 303510.
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  • J. Cupitt

      Affiliations

    • Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK
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  • C. Haigh

      Affiliations

    • Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, University of Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK
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  • P. Vernon

      Affiliations

    • Acute Pain Service, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK
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  • J. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Acute Pain Service, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK
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  • A. Nield

      Affiliations

    • Acute Pain Service, Anaesthetic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK

Received 15 November 2004 ,Revised 3 May 2005 ,Accepted 18 May 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00032-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.05.004

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 85-93 , August 2005

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