0.75% and 0.5% Ropivacaine for axillary brachial plexus block: A clinical comparison with 0.5% Bupivacaine

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 514-518

  Bertini, Laura ^a,b   Tagariello, Vincenzo ^a   Mancini, Stefania ^a   Ciaschi, Aima ^a   Posteraro, Carla Maria ^a   Di Benedetto, Pia ^a   Martini, Ornella ^a  

^a Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus block; Bupivacaine; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032714584     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(99)90041-X     Document Type: Article

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