Postoperative analgesia after peripheral nerve block for podiatric surgery: Clinical efficacy and chemical stability of lidocaine alone versus lidocaine plus clonidine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 760-765

  Reinhart, Douglas J ^a,b   Wang, Weipeng ^a,b   Stagg, Kelly S ^b   Walker, Kevin G ^b   Bailey, Peter L ^a   Walker, Edward B ^c   Zaugg, Spencer E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b McKay Dee Hospital Center   (United States)

^c WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MIXTURE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANKLE; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METATARSUS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; TOES;

EID: 0029862219     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199610000-00018     Document Type: Article

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