Wound infiltration with
local anaesthetics for postoperative pain relief is a routine practice nowadays in many surgical procedures.
By adding potassium chloride, the duration of analgesia can be significantly increased when compared to
local anaesthetic alone group as addition of potassium ions outside a nerve cell causes reduction of the resting membrane potential and causes conduction blockade.
"A facelift under
local anaesthetic costs around PS4000 compared to PS6000 under general anaesthetic including overnight stay in hospital."
The latest treatment, called Venaseal, involves no heat and only one
local anaesthetic injection.
The ester group of
local anaesthetic agents include: cocaine, chloroprocaine, procaine and tetracaine.
They found some improvement in the degree of macroscopic inflammation at the areas where
local anaesthetics were applied; however, those findings were not supported by microscopic findings.
* allergy or sensitivity to
local anaesthetic agents including lidocaine (lignocaine), bupivacaine, levobupivacaine or ropivacaine
Those without as much experience can take over an hour, which would be difficult using just a
local anaesthetic." He said there had been a lot of interest in America, but added: "I think they will be bit wary of using
local anaesthetic because of the culture of litigation.
Lidocaine-based Lignospan Special is the most commonly used dental
local anaesthetic in Britain.
Patients in group B received
local anaesthetic infiltration at incision wound with 0.25% bupivacaine (10ml) at the end of surgery and frequency of analgesic requirement (Inj.
There have been numerous studies done in medicine where precooling has been used to relieve pain from a
local anaesthetic injection, and prevent oedema.
Is the procedure carried out under
local anaesthetic?" I drove home after my treatment Cafe manager Louise Stoker, 43, a married mum of two from Croydon, London, had the Venaseal procedure last June.
