Sciatic nerve block with 0.5% levobupivacaine, 0.75% levobupivacaine or 0.75% ropivacaine: a double-blind, randomized comparison.

Background And Objective: This prospective, randomized, double-blind study was conducted to evaluate the onset time and duration of sciatic nerve block produced with 0.5% levobupivacaine, 0.75% levobupivacaine and 0.

Intraoperative epidural anesthesia and postoperative analgesia with levobupivacaine for major orthopedic surgery: a double-blind, randomized comparison of racemic bupivacaine and ropivacaine.

Study Objective: To compare the onset time and duration of epidural anesthesia, and the quality of postoperative analgesia produced by levobupivacaine, racemic bupivacaine, and ropivacaine.

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Setting: Inpatient anesthesia at a University Hospital.

Wash-in and wash-out curves of sevoflurane and isoflurane in morbidly obese patients.

Background: The aim of this prospective, randomized study is to compare sevoflurane and isoflurane pharmacokinetics in morbidly obese patients.

Methods: With Ethical Committee approval and written informed consent, 14 obese patients (BMI >35 kg/m2), ASA physical status II, undergoing laparoscopic, silicone-adjustable gastric banding were randomly allocated to receive either sevoflurane (n=7) or isoflurane (n=7) as main anesthetic agents. General anesthesia was induced with 1 mg x kg-1 fentanyl, 6 mg x kg-1 sodium thiopental, and 1 mg x kg-1 succinylcholine followed by 0.

Clinical properties of levobupivacaine or racemic bupivacaine for sciatic nerve block.

Study Objective: To compare the intraoperative and postoperative clinical properties of the sciatic nerve block performed with either 0.5% bupivacaine or 0.5% levobupivacaine for orthopedic foot procedures.

A double-blinded, randomized comparison of either 0.5% levobupivacaine or 0.5% ropivacaine for sciatic nerve block.

Unlabelled: To compare intraoperative and postoperative clinical properties of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine for sciatic nerve block, 50 ASA physical status I and II patients undergoing hallux valgus repair received a femoral nerve block with 15 mL of 2% mepivacaine. They were then randomly allocated in a double-blinded fashion to receive a sciatic nerve block with either 0.5% levobupivacaine (n = 25) or 0.