Levobupivacaine for epidural anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia in hip surgery. A multi-center efficacy and safety equivalence study with bupivacaine and ropivacaine

Anaesthesist

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 475-482

  Koch, T ^a   Fichtner, A ^a   Schwemmer, U ^b   Standl, T ^c   Volk, T ^d   Engelhard, K ^e   Stevens, M F ^f   Putzke, C ^g   Scholz, J ^h   Zenz, M ⁱ   Motsch, J ^j   Hempel, V ^k   Heinrichs, A ^l   Zwissler, B ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^g PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

ⁱ RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k KLINIKUM KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^l ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural anesthesia; Levobupivacaine; Patient controlled epidural analgesia; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 44149107780     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-008-1357-3     Document Type: Article

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