EMLA versus ice as a topical anesthetic

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 495-496

  Kuwahara, Raymond T ^a,b   Skinner Jr , Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; ICE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 0035025164     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2001.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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