Ropivacaine for topical anesthesia in pterygium surgery with fibrin glue for conjunctival autograft

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-376

  Caccavale, Antonio ^a   Romanazzi, Filippo ^a   Imparato, Manuela ^a   Negri, Angelo ^a   Porta, Alessandro ^a   Ferentini, Fabio ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; conjunctival autograft; fibrin glue; pterygium; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; NAROPINE; ROPIVACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA AUTOGRAFT; CORNEA LIMBUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SEDATION; STROMA; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PTERYGIUM; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957373824     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ba7061     Document Type: Article

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