Hyperbaric spinal levobupivacaine for outpatient knee arthroscopy: A comparison to bupivacaine and ropivacaine

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  El Halafawy, Yasser M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique, spinal anaesthesia, surgery, orthopaedic; Anaesthetics, local, levobupivacaine; Bupivacaine; Knee arthroscopy; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPOTENSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1242321275     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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