Topical delivery of lidocaine in healthy volunteers by electroporation, electroincorporation, or iontophoresis: An evaluation of skin anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-238

  Wallace, Mark S ^a,d   Ridgeway, Beri ^b,d   Eok, Jun ^a,d   Schulteis, Gery ^a,d   Rabussay, Dietmar ^c,d   Zhang, Lei ^c,d  

^a UCSD Medical Cent Hillcrest   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Inovio Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

^d American Soc of Regl A and P M   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroincorporation; Electroporation; Iontophoresis; Local anesthetic; Skin anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0035337773     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2001.22633     Document Type: Article

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