Efficacy of lidocaine 2% gel in pterygium surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Öksüz, Hüseyin ^a   Tamer, C ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lidocaine 2 gel; Pterygium surgery; Topical anaesthesia; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE GRAFT; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644380959     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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