Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 94-98 , June 2009

Incidence of Urinary Retention in Patients with Thoracic Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (TPCEA) Undergoing Thoracotomy

Interim results presented at Canadian Pain Society Annual Meeting, June 14-17, 2006, and University of Toronto Pain Research Day, December 12, 2006.

Received 9 July 2008 ,Revised 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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 Supported by Canadian Nurses Foundation.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00144-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.08.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 94-98 , June 2009

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