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Original Articles

• Double-Injection Method Using Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Is Superior to Single Injection in Axillary Plexus Block (1 November, 1999)

  Per Inberg, Ilkka Annila, Päivi Annila
• 0.75% and 0.5% Ropivacaine for Axillary Brachial Plexus Block: A Clinical Comparison With 0.5% Bupivacaine (1 November, 1999)

  Laura Bertini, Vincenzo Tagariello, Stefania Mancini, Alma Ciaschi, Carla Maria Posteraro, Pia Di Benedetto, Ornella Martini
• Spinal Anesthesia With 0.5% S(-)-Bupivacaine for Elective Lower Limb Surgery (1 November, 1999)

  Daniel Burke, Simon Kennedy, Jonathan Bannister
• The Effect of Age on Pharmacokinetics of the Local Anesthetic Drug Articaine (1 November, 1999)

  Reinhard Oertel, Ulrike Ebert, Rainer Rahn, Wilhelm Kirch
• Plasma Concentrations of Lidocaine and Its Principal Metabolites During Continuous Epidural Infusion of Lidocaine With or Without Epinephrine (1 November, 1999)

  Shin-ichi Kihara, Masayuki Miyabe, Yoshihiro Kakiuchi, Shinji Takahashi, Taeko Fukuda, Yukinao Kohda, Hidenori Toyooka
• Intravenous Lidocaine, Amantadine, and Placebo in the Treatment of Sciatica: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study (1 November, 1999)

  Tali Medrik-Goldberg, Daniel Lifschitz, Dorit Pud, Rivka Adler, Elon Eisenberg
• The Addition of Epinephrine Increases Intensity of Sensory Block During Epidural Anesthesia With Lidocaine (1 November, 1999)

  Shinichi Sakura, Mariko Sumi, Noriko Morimoto, Yoji Saito
• Subarachnoid Anesthesia in Young Patients: A Comparative Analysis of Two Needle Bevels (1 November, 1999)

  Jose De Andrés, Juan Carlos Valia, Carlos Errando, Gabriel Rico, Maria Dolores Lopez-Alarcon
• The Incidence of Tissue Coring During the Performance of Caudal Injection in Children (1 November, 1999)

  Kenneth R. Goldschneider, Barbara W. Brandom
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Levels After Surgery With Spinal or General Anesthesia (1 November, 1999)

  Mark P. Yeager, Peter Lunt, Janice Arruda, Kate Whalen, Robert Rose, Joyce A. DeLeo
• Continuous Psoas Compartment Block for Anesthesia and Perioperative Analgesia in Patients With Hip Fractures (1 November, 1999)

  Alexander Chudinov, Haim Berkenstadt, Moshe Salai, Alex Cahana, Azriel Perel
• Pain Relief by Wound Infiltration With Bupivacaine or High-Dose Ropivacaine After Inguinal Hernia Repair (1 November, 1999)

  Nils Pettersson, Per Berggren, Magnus Larsson, Bo Westman, Robert G. Hahn
• Lack of Postoperative Pain Relief After Hysterectomy Using Preperitoneally Administered Bupivacaine (1 November, 1999)

  Billy B. Kristensen, Dorte S. Christensen, Mette Østergaard, Karen Skjelsager, Dorte Nielsen, Torben S. Mogensen