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Epidural anesthesia and post-operative analgesia for bilateral inguinal mesh hernioplasty: Comparison of equipotent doses of ropivacaine and bupivacaine

OBJECTIVES: Ropivacaine is a long-acting amide local anesthetic, which is structurally very similar to bupivacaine but produces less motor block and less cardiac and central nervous system toxicity. It is also about 40% less potent than bupivacaine. Our double blind study was designed to compare the...

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Autores principales: Korula, Sara, George, Grace Maria, Ipe, Shaloo, Abraham, Saramma P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957406
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.84101