Effect of scalp blocks with levobupivacaine on recovery profiles after craniotomy for aneurysm clipping: A randomized, double-blind, and controlled study

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-113

  Hwang, Jin Young ^a   Bang, Jae Seung ^b   Oh, Chang Wan ^b   Joo, Jin Deok ^b   Park, Seong Joo ^b   Do, Sang Hwan ^b   Yoo, Yong Jae ^c   Ryu, Jung Hee ^b  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Aneurysm; Levobupivacaine; Local anesthetics; Postoperative; Regional blockade; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DELIRIUM; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FEVER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SCALP BLOCK; SLEEP DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; SCALP;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CRANIOTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SCALP;

EID: 84923575741     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.05.009     Document Type: Review

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