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Original articles

• Median Effective Local Anesthetic Doses of Plain Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine for Spinal Anesthesia Administered Via a Spinal Catheter for Brachytherapy of the Lower Abdomen (1 January, 2008)

  Andrea Michalek-Sauberer, Sibylle A. Kozek-Langenecker, Harald Heinzl, Engelbert Deusch, Astrid Chiari
• Effects of Using the Posterior or Anterior Approaches to the Lumbar Plexus on the Minimum Effective Anesthetic Concentration (MEAC) of Mepivacaine Required to Block the Femoral Nerve: A Prospective, Randomized, Up-and-Down Study (1 January, 2008)

  Gianluca Cappelleri, Giorgio Aldegheri, Francesco Ruggieri, Franco Carnelli, Andrea Fanelli, Andrea Casati
• Effect of a Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block on the Inflammatory Response in Knee Arthroplasty (1 January, 2008)

  Hema Bagry, Juan Francisco Asenjo, David Bracco, Franco Carli, Juan Carlos de la Cuadra Fontaine
• Ethnicity and the Distance to the Epidural Space in Parturients (1 January, 2008)

  Richard C. D'Alonzo, William D. White, John R. Schultz, Paul M. Jaklitsch, Ashraf S. Habib
• Use of a Topical Anesthetic Cream (EMLA) to Reduce Pain After Hemorrhoidectomy (1 January, 2008)

  Jieh-Min Shiau, Hao-Po Su, Hung-Shu Chen, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Shung-Eing Lin, Chia-Chih Tseng
• Nociceptive Nerve Fibers in the Sacroiliac Joint in Humans (1 January, 2008)

  Karolina M. Szadek, Piet V. Hoogland, Wouter W. Zuurmond, Jaap J. de Lange, Roberto S. Perez
• Effect of Preemptive Epidural Analgesia on Cytokine Response and Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer (1 January, 2008)

  Jeong-Yeon Hong, Kyung T. Lim
• Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Control at Home: A Prospective Feasibility Study in Children (1 January, 2008)

  Hugues Ludot, Joëlle Berger, Vincent Pichenot, Mohamed Belouadah, Karim Madi, Jean-Marc Malinovsky
• Comparison of the Hemodynamic Effects of a Single 5 mg/kg Dose of Lidocaine With or Without Epinephrine for Thoracic Paravertebral Block (1 January, 2008)

  Ignacio Garutti, Luis Olmedilla, Patricia Cruz, Patricia Piñeiro, Francisco De la Gala, Ana Cirujano
• Gross Anatomy of the Brachial Plexus Sheath in Human Cadavers (1 January, 2008)

  Carlo D. Franco, Abed Rahman, Gennadiy Voronov, James M. Kerns, Robert J. Beck, Chester C. Buckenmaier