The combination of low-dose levobupivacaine and fentanyl for spinal anaesthesia in ambulatory inguinal herniorrhaphy

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1287-1292

  Girgin, Nermin Kelebek ^a   Gurbet, A ^a   Turker, G ^a   Bulut, T ^a   Demir, S ^a   Kilic, N ^a   Cinar, A ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Fentanyl; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal hernia; Levobupivacaine; Nerve block recovery; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; BUPIVACAINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICTURITION; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 59649086897     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600616     Document Type: Article

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