Single quadrant sub-Tenon's block. Evaluation of a new local anaesthetic technique for eye surgery

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-244

  Guise, P A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: regional, sub Tenon's block; Surgery: ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; ORBIT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029976260     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400217     Document Type: Article

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