LOCAL ANESTHESIA - Practical Plastic Surgery

LLOOCCAALL AANNEESSTTHHEESSIIAAFull surgical evaluation of a wound and suture placement can bequite painful. You must anesthetize the injured area to perform theseprocedures properly. The administration of a LOCAL anesthetic allowsyou to evaluate and treat wounds in the emergency department orclinic. If you are unable to attain adequate pain control, the patientshould be taken to the operating room for exploration under anesthetics work by reversibly blocking nerve conduction. Theyprimarily block the sensation of sharp pain; they do not block pressuresensation. Therefore, in an area that has been adequately anesthetized,the patient will not feel the sharp needle stick during suture placementbut may feel a vague sensation of pressure. This information should beshared with the patient. The duration of effect depends on how long the agent stays in the im-mediate working area before being absorbed into the circulation orbroken down by the surrounding AAggeennttss Topical agents (agents applied on top of the surrounding skin and ab-sorbed into the area to provide ANESTHESIA without injections) are nowavailable.

LOCAL ANESTHESIA Full surgical evaluation of a wound and suture placement can be quite painful. You must anesthetize the injured area to perform these

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