Alkalinisation of Local Anaesthetics Prescribed for Pain Relief after Surgical Decompression of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Purpose. To compare the duration of analgesia achieved following administration of buffered prilocaine versus plain prilocaine to patients undergoing surgical decompression of the median nerve. Methods. 40 (32 female and 8 male; mean age, 50.5 years) patients who underwent surgical decompression of...

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Main Authors: H Ozer, S Solak, T Oguz, A Ocguder, T Colakoglu, A Babacan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2005-12-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900501300312