0.25% Levo-bupivacaine for interscalene block during shoulder surgery: A survey on 20 patients

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 589-592

  Sinardi, D ^a   Chillemi, S ^b   Marino, A ^b   Trimarchi, G ^b  

^a Istituto Ortopedico del Mezzogiorno d'Italia F Scalabrino   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Bupivacaine; Nerve block; Pain, post operative, prevention and control; Shoulder; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SHOULDER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SHOULDER;

EID: 0036652673     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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