Levobupivacaine 0.2% or 0.125% for continuous sciatic nerve block: A prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison with 0.2% ropivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 919-923

  Casati, Andrea ^a,b   Vinciguerra, Federico ^a   Cappelleri, Gianluca ^a   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^a   Grispigni, Crispino ^a   Putzu, Marta ^a   Rivoltini, Paola ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOOT; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 4143109164     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000129977.44115.93     Document Type: Article

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