Comparative study of ropivacaine 0.5% and levobupivacaine 0.33% in axillary brachial plexus block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-419

  González Suárez, Susana ^b,c   Pacheco, Mauricio ^c   Roigé, Jaume ^b   Puig, Margarita M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Centro Médico Delfos

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 74549124856     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ae729b     Document Type: Article

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