British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1986, Vol. 58, No. 4 401-405
© 1986 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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REGIONAL ANALGESIA WITH BUPIVACAINE IN DENTAL ANAESTHESIA
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks
Anaesthetics Department, The Princess Mary's Hospital RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, BFPO 57
Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks
Sixty (ASA 1) patients were studied to determine the effect of bilaterallocal infiltration with 0.25% bupivacaine plain during third molar extraction under general anaesthesia. Bupivacaine infiltration significantly reduced the incidence of wide complex extrasystoles (P<0.05) during surgery and the severity of dental pain (P <0.05), when assessed at 6 h after operation.