Epinephrine in Digital Block: Color Doppler Flow Imaging

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 508-511

  Altinyazar, H Cevdet ^a   Özdemir, Hüseyin ^a   Koca, Rafet ^a   Hoşnuter, Mübin ^a   Demirel, Cengiz Bekir ^a   Gündoǧdu, Sadi ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT SURGERY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; TOE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 1942466598     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30165.x     Document Type: Article

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