Spinal Anesthesia With Articaine and Lidocaine for Outpatient Surgery.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two short-acting local anesthetics, articaine and lidocaine, for spinal anesthesia in day-case surgery. The onset time of the sensory- and motor block, recovery time until discharge and complications will be studied.

Timeline

Start

2005-11

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-05

Publications

• Background Vree TB, Gielen MJ. Clinical pharmacology and the use of articaine for local and regional anaesthesia. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2005 Jun;19(2):293-308. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2004.12.006.
• Results Kaukinen S, Eerola R, Eerola M, Kaukinen L. A comparison of carticaine and lidocaine in spinal anaesthesia. Ann Clin Res. 1978 Aug;10(4):191-4.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.