Effects of Additional Fentanyl to Epidural Bupivacaine for Post-Thoracotomy Pain in Neonates

Summary

The study exams whether adding an opioid to the epidural infusion of a local anesthetic in neonates will significantly improve the quality of the postoperative analgesia.

Timeline

Start

2005-02

Primary completion

2007-12

Completion

2007-12

Publications

• Results Ganesh A, Adzick NS, Foster T, Cucchiaro G. Efficacy of addition of fentanyl to epidural bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia after thoracotomy for lung resection in infants. Anesthesiology. 2008 Nov;109(5):890-4. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818aa6cb.

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