The chondrotoxic and apoptotic effects of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine on the rabbit knee joint

Background: A single dose injection or continuous infusion of local anesthetics into the joint space is considered to be a well-defined analgesia technique. The aim of this study was to investigate the chondrotoxic and apoptotic effects of single-dose intra-articular injection of levobupivacaine and...

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Main Authors: Osman Çevik, Özlem Öz Gergin, Karamehmet Yildiz, Adnan Bayram, Özlem Canöz, Mehmet Halici, Münevver Baran, Arzu Yay, Sait Polat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418301040