Spinal anesthesia for transurethral resection operations: Levobupivacaine with or without fentanyl

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Cuvas, Ozgun ^a   Basar, Hulya ^a   Yeygel, Aydan ^a   Turkyilmaz, Esra ^a   Sunay, Mehmet Melih ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Ulucanlar ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Anesthesia; Anesthetic technique; Anesthetics; Fentanyl; Levobupivacaine; Local; Opioid; Spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77950433138     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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