Surgeon-inserted rectus sheath catheters provide effective postlaparotomy analgesia

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK.
² Anaesthesia, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK.
³ General Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK chukwuma.abraham-igwe@heartofengland.nhs.uk.

Comment

Denise Ena Yeung et al. BMJ Mil Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;166(3):208.

doi: 10.1136/jramc-2018-001108. Epub 2018 Dec 19.

¹ General Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK.
² Anaesthesia, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK.
³ General Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Ringgold Standard Institution, Birmingham, UK chukwuma.abraham-igwe@heartofengland.nhs.uk.

No abstract available

Keywords: laparotomy wound; multimodal analgesia; rectus sheath catheters.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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