Tumescent anesthesia with a lidocaine dose of 55 mg/kg is safe for liposuction

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 921-927

  Ostad, Ariel ^a   Kageyama, Nobu ^b   Moy, Ronald L ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0030440344     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00634.x     Document Type: Article

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