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Axillary Plexus Block with Etidocaine
Author(s) -
Hollmén Arno,
Mon Pekka
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1975.tb05401.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , motor block , block (permutation group theory) , plexus , surgery , bupivacaine , geometry , mathematics
Axillary plexus block has been used to compare 0.5 % and 1.0 % etidocaine (with adrenaline 5 μg/ml) in 32 patients in an open label study. The injected volume was 30 ml. The time to total analgesia and motor block was around 10–12 minutes. Complete block was achieved in more than 97 % of cases. The duration of total analgesia and motor block was 6–7 hours. The time from injection to return of total sensation and motility was 8.5–10 hours. Adequate analgesia was achieved in all patients but two (one in each group). No noteworthy differences were found between the two solutions.