A comparison of high volume/low concentration and low volume/high concentration ropivacaine in caudal analgesia for pediatric orchiopexy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1073-1078

  Hong, Jeong Yeon ^a   Han, Sang W ^a   Kim, Won O ^a   Cho, Jin S ^a   Kil, Hae K ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; IOHEXOL; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; AMIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUSHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORACIC SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; INNERVATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 70349581204     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b20c52     Document Type: Article

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