Intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier's block) is superior to a peripheral nerve block for painless treatment of plantar hyperhidrosis with botulinum toxin [5]

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 302-304

  Blaheta, Hans Juergen ^a   Deusch, Herbert ^a   Rasner, Gernot ^a   Vollert, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037328887     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.33     Document Type: Letter

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