The efficacy and safety of 0.75% levobupivacaine vs 0.75% bupivacaine for peribulbar anaesthesia

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-206

  Birt, D J ^a   Cummings, G C ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Levobupivacaine; Peribulbar; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYALURONIDASE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037353943     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700313     Document Type: Article

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