Digital blocks with adrenaline: An old dogma refuted

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-19

  Sylaidis, P ^a   Logan, A ^a  

^a WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGITAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NERVE BLOCK; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031894299     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(98)80210-6     Document Type: Article

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