Bilateral infraorbital nerve block is superior to peri-incisional infiltration for analgesia after repair of cleft lip

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-87

  Prabhu, K Pradeep Kumar ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a   Grewal, Sukhbir ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Behavioural pain relief score; Bupivacaine; Cleft lip repair; Infraorbital nerve block; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN INCISION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLEFT LIP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032810744     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159668     Document Type: Article

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