Levobupivacaine versus ropivacaine infiltration analgesia for mastopexy: A comparative study of 2 long-acting anesthetic drugs in infiltrative anesthesia for mastopexy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-261

  Kakagia, Despoina ^a,c   Fotiadis, Spartakos ^a   Tripsiannis, Gregory ^b  

^a Thraki Medical Centre   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infiltration analgesia; Levobupivacaine; Mastopexy; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASTOPEXY; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 24044514669     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000171427.86614.57     Document Type: Article

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