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Local Anesthetics Impair Human Granulocyte Phagocytosis Activity, Oxidative Burst, and CD11b Expression in Response to Staphylococcus aureus 

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2003

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Ralph‐Thomas Kiefer, Annette Ploppa, Wolfgang A. Krueger, Michael J. Plank, Boris Nohé, Helene A. Haeberle, K. Unertl, H.‐J. Dieterich
Anesthesiology

Abstract

Local anesthetic dose and structure dependently inhibit inflammatory and immunologic parameters of granulocyte functions. Ropivacaine shows low interference with granulocyte immunologic and inflammatory functions.

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