Efficacy of low dose levobupivacaine (0.1%) for axillary plexus block using multiple nerve stimulation

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 850-854

  Zhao, X ^a   Wang, Ying Wei ^a   Chen, H ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   You, X M ^a   Luo, K ^a   Jin, Y J ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Axillary approach; Brachial plexus; Levobupivacaine; Nerve stimulation; Regional

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 56649100462     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600616     Document Type: Article

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