Prilocaine 3% is superior to a mixture of bupivacaine and lignocaine for peribulbar anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Dopfmer U R ^a,c   Maloney, D G ^a   Gaynor, P A ^a   Ratcliffe, R M H ^a   Dopfmer S ^b  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, peribulbar; Anaesthetics local, bupivacaine; Anaesthetics local, lignocaine; Anaesthetics local, prilocaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; ORBIT; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0030070618     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.1.77     Document Type: Article

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