Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 1998
Clinical TrialNerve blocks with 5% butamben suspension for the treatment of chronic pain syndromes.
Butamben is a non-water-soluble local anesthetic that can be prepared as an aqueous suspension for nerve blocks. This report describes the use of 5% butamben suspension for the treatment of chronic pain of cancer and noncancer origin. ⋯ When used as described in this report, 5% butamben suspension appears to be effective for treatment of chronic pain of both cancer and noncancer origin and has a low incidence of adverse sequelae.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 1998
Editorial CommentProblems with combined spinal and epidural anesthesia.