A double-blind comparison of ropivacaine, bupivacaine, and mepivacaine during sciatic and femoral nerve blockade

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 597-600

  Fanelli, Guido ^a   Casati, Andrea ^a,b   Beccaria, Paolo ^a   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^a   Berti, Marco ^a   Tarantino, Federica ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMORAL NERVE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031658767     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199809000-00019     Document Type: Article

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