A comparison of 0.5% ropivacaine and 1% mepivacaine for sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 967-970

  Fernandez Guisasola J ^a   Andueza, A ^a   Burgos, E ^a   Plaza, A ^a   Porras, M C ^a   Reboto, P ^a   Rivera, J C ^a   Garcia Del Valle S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local anesthetics; Lower limb orthopedic surgery; Mepivacaine; Nerve block; Popliteal nerve block; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANKLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034815396     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.450808.x     Document Type: Article

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