Regional anaesthesia for outpatient knee arthroscopy: A randomized clinical comparison of two different anaesthetic techniques

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 543-547

  Casati, A ^a,c   Cappelleri, G ^a   Fanelli, G ^a   Borghi, B ^b   Anelati, D ^a   Berti, M ^a   Torri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, ambulatory; Anesthesia, regional: spinal, peripheral nerve blocks; Anesthetic, local: bupivacaine, mepivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034012113     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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