Dorsal penile nerve block in children undergoing circumcision in a day-care surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 954-958

  Serour, Francis ^a   Cohen, Amram ^a   Mandelberg, Avigdor ^a   Mon, Jacques ^a   Ezra, Saul ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: paediatric; Anaesthetic techniques: penile block

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029810574     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011810     Document Type: Article

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