No Differences Between 20, 30, or 40 mL Ropivacaine 0.5% in Continuous Lateral Popliteal Sciatic-Nerve Block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-459

  Fournier, Roxane ^a   Weber, Anne ^a   Gamulin, Zdravko ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dose response; Lateral popliteal sciatic block; Neurostimulation; Ropivacaine 0.5

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INJECTION SITE PAIN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33748097464     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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