Reduction of nasal fractures under local anaesthesia: An acceptable practice?

Surgeon

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-47

  Wild, D C ^a   El Alami, M A ^a   Conboy, P J ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local anaesthesia; Nasal fracture; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NOSE FRACTURE; NOSE INJURY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038664326     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(03)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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