Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 193-199 , December 2007

Epidural methadone for acute post-thoracotomy pain: An alternative to a ropivacaine plus fentanyl-based patient-controlled epidural regimen

  • Jordi Perez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 227 5558; fax: +34 93 451 75 53.
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  • Maria-Jose Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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  • Gillermina Fita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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  • Irene Rovira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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  • Miquel Catalan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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  • Carmen Gomar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain

Received 6 May 2007 ,Revised 24 July 2007 ,Accepted 16 August 2007.

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PII: S1366-0071(07)00150-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.08.024

Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 193-199 , December 2007

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