A comparison of 1% ropivacaine with a mixture of 0.75% bupivacaine and 2% lignocaine for peribulbar anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1178-1182

  McLure, H A ^a   Rubin, A P ^a   Westcott, M ^a   Henderson, H ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, local; peribulbar block; Anaesthetics, local; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032705436     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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