60-Minute application of S-Caine Peel prior to 1,064 nm long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser treatment of leg veins

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 446-450

  Jih, Ming H ^a   Friedman, Paul M ^a,b   Sadick, Neil ^c   Marquez, Denise K ^a   Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^a   Goldberg, Leonard H ^a,d  

^a DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leg veins; Topical anesthetic

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE PLUS TETRACAINE; PLACEBO; S CAINE PEEL; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 3042742230     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20044     Document Type: Article

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