Epidural ropivacaine - Where are the benefits? A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial in patients with retropubic prostatectomy

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-298

  Heid, Florian ^a   Schmidt Glintzer, A ^a   Piepho, T ^a   Jage, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural analgesia; Local anaesthetic; Ropivacaine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIPYRONE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REST;

AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847047861     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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