Ropivacaine compared to lidocaine for tonsillectomy under local anaesthesia

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 355-357

  Apostolopoulos, Kostas ^a,b   Labropoulou, Ekaterini ^a   Samaan, Ragheed ^a   Bogris, Konstantinos ^a  

^a General Prefectorial Hospital of Kalamata   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Local anaesthesia; Pain; Ropivacaine; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX SPASM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0042330047     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-002-0567-6     Document Type: Article

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