Spermatic cord anesthesia block for scrotal procedures in outpatient clinic setting

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2358-2361

  Issa, Muta M ^a   Hsiao, Kenneth ^a   Bassel, Yaser S ^a   Bouet, Rafael ^a   Young, Mark R ^a   Petros, John A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Orchiectomy; Scrotum; Spermatic cord

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 8644268933     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000144544.43148.10     Document Type: Article

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