Similar analgesic effect after popliteal fossa nerve blockade with 0.375% and 0.75% bupivacaine

HSS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-176

  Ya Deau, Jacques T ^a   Wukovits, Barbara U ^a   Lasala, Vincent R ^a   Jules Elysée, Kethy M ^a   Paroli, Leonardo ^a   Kahn, Richard L ^a   Levine, David S ^a   Lipnitsky, Jane Y ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dose response relationship; Nerve block

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848881297     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-007-9052-5     Document Type: Article

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