Does the use of topical lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine solution provide sufficient anesthesia for laceration repair?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-112

  Adler, Adam J ^a   Dubinisky, Isser ^a,c,d   Eisen, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laceration; Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Tetracaine; Topical anesthesia; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031905013     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02593.x     Document Type: Article

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