Comparison of 0.75% levobupivacaine with 0.75% racemic bupivacaine for peribulbar anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1160-1164

  McLure, H A ^a   Rubin, A P ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; peribulbar block; Anaesthetics, local; levobupivacaine, racemic bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0031783948     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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