A comparative study of carticaine and prilocaine in epidural anaesthesia.
Carticaine and prilocaine (without adrenaline) in epidural anaesthesia were compared in a double blind study. Carticaine and prilocaine were used in 2 % concentration without adrenaline. The latency time was not significantly different, but carticaine was a shorter acting local anaesthetic. The motor block in both series was similar. Carticaine is a good and reliable analgesic in short operations but in operations longer than one and a half hours catheter technique, adrenaline addition or local anaesthetics of longer duration ought to be used.
D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011437:Propylamines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D011437:Propylamines; D013876:Thiophenes; D011318:Prilocaine