Anesthesia
New anesthesia research has been reported by scientists at Baskent University
Published in Biotech Business Week, January 21st, 2008
In this recently published study, investigators in Turkey conducted a study "To compare a bupivacaine and lidocaine mixture with levobupivacaine and ropivacaine in terms of safety,efficacy and blocking quality in peribulbar anaesthesia for phacoemulsification. A total of 105 patients scheduled for cataract surgery with peribulbar anaesthesia were randomly allocated into three groups of 35 patients each, to receive 5 ml of, respectively, a 1:1 mixture of bupivacaine 0.5% and lidocaine 2% (group 1), levobupivacaine 0.75% (group 2), or ropivacaine 1% (group 3)."
"Ocular movement scores were evaluated at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mins after injection. Intraoperative and...
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