(Almost) painless surgery: A historical review of the evolution of intraurethral anesthesia in urology

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-16

  Gordetsky, Jennifer ^a   Bendana, Emma ^a   O'Brien, Jeanne ^a   Rabinowitz, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; COCAINE; ETHER; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAURETHRAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78650900309     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.03.068     Document Type: Review

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