Do not use epinephrine in digital blocks: Myth or truth? part II. A retrospective review of 1111 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2031-2034

  Chowdhry, Saeed ^a,b,c,d,e   Seidenstricker, Lynn ^a,b,c,d,e   Cooney, Damon S ^a,b,c,d,e   Hazani, Ron ^a,b,c,d,e   Wilhelmi, Bradon J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Mt Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGRENE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYTHOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650063038     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f44486     Document Type: Article

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