Tumescent anaesthesia

Surgeon

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 210-221

  Conroy, Patrick H ^a   O'Rourke, James ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Epinephrine; Local anaesthesia; Local anaesthetics; Pharmacokinetics; Sodium bicarbonate; Tumescent anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANAESTHETICS; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; LOCAL ANAESTHETICS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACOKINETICS; REVIEW; TUMESCENT ANAESTHESIA;

ANAESTHETICS; EPINEPHRINE; LOCAL ANAESTHESIA; LOCAL ANAESTHETICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TUMESCENT ANAESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY;

EID: 84881240092     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2012.12.009     Document Type: Review

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