Comparison of intrathecal hyperbaric and isobaric levobupivacaine in urological surgery

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Sen, H ^a   Purtuloglu, T ^a   Sizlan, A ^a   Yanarates, O ^a   Ates, F ^a   Gundu, I ^a   Ozkan, S ^a   Dagli, G ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Levobupivacaine; Urologic surgical procedures, male

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VOMITING;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 77249135107     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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