The challenge of evaluating pain and a pre-incisional local anesthetic block

Background. Our objective was to test the effectiveness of a local anesthetic line block administered before surgery in reducing postoperative pain scores in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy (OVHX).Methods. This study is a prospective, randomized, blinded, clinical trial involving 59 healthy femal...

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Main Authors: Carolyn M. McKune, Peter J. Pascoe, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, Philip H. Kass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/341.pdf