Spinal anaesthesia for ambulatory arthroscopic surgery of the knee: A comparison of low-dose prilocaine and fentanyl with bupivacaine and fentanyl

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Black, A S ^a   Newcombe, G N ^a   Plummer, J L ^a   McLeod, D H ^a   Martin, D K ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Sportsmed SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambulatory; prilocaine; spinal anaesthesia; TNS

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; PRILOCAINE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; KNEE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR SPINE; MICTURITION; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 78751478303     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq272     Document Type: Article

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