The long lasting effects of peripheral nerve blocks for trigeminal neuralgia using a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine

Pain

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-103

  Goto, Fumio ^a   Ishizaki, Keiji ^a   Yoshikawa, Daisuke ^a   Obata, Hideaki ^a   Arii, Hidehiro ^b   Terada, Masamitsu ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; High concentration tetracaine; Nerve block; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; TETRACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SOLUBILITY; TETRACAINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0032945346     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00156-0     Document Type: Article

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