Comparison of L-bupivacaine 0.75% and lidocaine 2% with bupivacaine 0.75% and lidocaine 2% for peribulbar anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 512-514

  Lai, F ^a   Sutton, B ^a   Nicholson, G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, peribulbar; Anaesthetics local, levobupivacaine; Anaesthetics local, lidocaine bupivacaine; Surgery, ophthalmological

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYALURONIDASE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OXYBUPROCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION PAIN; ISOMER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037385652     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg097     Document Type: Article

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