Epinephrine-supplemented local anaesthetics for ear and nose surgery: Clinical use without complications in more than 10,000 surgical procedures

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Häfner, Hans Martin ^a   Röcken, Manfred ^a   Breuninger, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ear; Epinephrine; Nose; Tumescence local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EAR LOBE; EAR SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SURGERY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14944342195     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0378.2005.04758.x     Document Type: Article

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