Is 4% articaine suitable for spinal anaesthesia?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Malinovsky, Jean Marc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CARTICAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84859728224     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834de295     Document Type: Editorial

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