Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 65-74 , June 2009

Efficacy of fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system in postoperative pain—A meta-analysis

  • Keah-How Poon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 67724208; fax: +65 67775702.
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  • Kian-Hian Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    • ,
  • Kok-Yuen Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Received 17 February 2009 ,Revised 13 April 2009 ,Accepted 6 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.05.001

Acute Pain
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