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Original Articles

• EMLA Reduces Acute and Chronic Pain After Breast Surgery for Cancer (1 July, 2000)

  Argyro Fassoulaki, Constantine Sarantopoulos, Aikaterini Melemeni, Quinn Hogan
• Interscalene Block With a Nerve Stimulator: A Deltoid Motor Response Is a Satisfactory Endpoint for Successful Block (1 July, 2000)

  Wendy B. Silverstein, Moin U. Saiyed, Anthony R. Brown
• Epidural Catheter Tip Cultures: Results of a 4-Year Audit and Implications for Clinical Practice (1 July, 2000)

  R. S. Simpson, P. E. Macintyre, D. Shaw, A. Norton, J. R. McCann, E. J. Tham
• Sterility of Epidural Solutions—Recommendations for Cost-Effective Use (1 July, 2000)

  Ferne B. Sevarino, Cynthia Welchek Pizarro, Raymond Sinatra
• Neurotoxicity of Intrathecally Administered Tetracaine Commences at the Posterior Roots Near Entry Into the Spinal Cord (1 July, 2000)

  Tamie Takenami, Saburo Yagishita, Fumio Asato, Sumio Hoka
• Respiratory Gas Exchange and Hemodynamics During Lumbar Epidural Anesthesia: Effects of Lidocaine With and Without Epinephrine (1 July, 2000)

  Richard A. Steinbrook, Mercedes A. Concepcion
• Generating a Learning Curve for Pediatric Caudal Epidural Blocks: An Empirical Evaluation of Technical Skills in Novice and Experienced Anesthetists (1 July, 2000)

  Guido Schuepfer, Christoph Konrad, Joachim Schmeck, Gert Poortmans, Bruno Staffelbach, Martin Jöhr
• The Bilateral Effect of Stellate Ganglion Block on the Facial Skin Blood Flow (1 July, 2000)

  Masahiro Kakuyama, Hiroshi Toda, Masami Osawa, Kazuhiko Fukuda
• An In Vitro Study of Dural Lesions Produced by 25-Gauge Quincke and Whitacre Needles Evaluated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (1 July, 2000)

  Miguel Angel Reina, Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, Andres Lopez, Jose De Andres, Sara Martin, Miguel Mora