Minimum local anesthetic volume blocking the femoral nerve in 50% of cases: A double-blinded comparison between 0.5% ropivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 205-208

  Casati, Andrea ^a,b   Fanelli, Guido ^a   Magistris, Luca ^a   Beccaria, Paolo ^a   Berti, Marco ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035174215     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200101000-00039     Document Type: Article

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