Levobupivacaine for postoperative pain management in circumcision: Caudal blocks or dorsal penile nerve block

Agri

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Bengisun, Züleyha Kazak ^a   Ekmekci, Perihan ^a   Haliloǧlu, Ahmet Hakan ^a  

^a UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caudal blocks; Circumcision; Levobupivacaine; Penile block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PENIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PENIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873800537     PISSN: 13000012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/agri.2012.21931     Document Type: Article

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