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Effect of Adding Dexamethasone as a Ropivacaine Adjuvant in Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Inguinal Hernia Repair Cover

Effect of Adding Dexamethasone as a Ropivacaine Adjuvant in Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Inguinal Hernia Repair

PRILOZI
Volume 36 (2015): Issue 3 (December 2015)
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|Apr 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0076 | Journal eISSN: 1857-8985 (formerly 0350-1914) | Journal ISSN: 1857-9345
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Language: English
Page range: 35 - 41
Published on: Apr 14, 2016
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
Unilateral open inguinal herniotomy,
US-TAP block,
Ropivacaine,
Dexamethasone
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Education,
Education, other

© 2016 Andrijan Kartalov, Nikola Jankulovski, Biljana Kuzmanovska, Milka Zdravkovska, Mirjana Shosholcheva, Tatjana Spirovska, Aleksandra Panovska Petrusheva, Marija Tolevska, Marija Srceva, Vesna Durnev, Gjorgji Jota, Redzep Selmani, Atanas Sivevski, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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