Comparison of 0.25% levobupivacaine and 0.25% bupivacaine for posterior approach interscalene brachial plexus block

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-42

  Baskan, Semih ^a   Taspinar, Vildan ^a   Ozdogan, Levent ^a   Gulsoy, Kemal Yetis ^a   Erk, Gulcan ^a   Dikmen, Bayazit ^b   Gogus, Nermin ^a  

^a Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus block; Bupivacaine; Interscalene; Levobupivacaine; Posterior approach

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76649139132     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0846-0     Document Type: Article

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