Needle entrance into the maxillary sinus during retrobulbar anesthesia

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 602-605

  Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Karabekios, Spyros ^a   Kozobolis, Vassilis P ^a   Velegrakis, George ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOWOUT FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NEEDLE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NERVE BLOCK; ORBIT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031868677     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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