The influence of a eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine on minor surgical procedures: A randomized controlled double-blind trial

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 948-951

  Shaikh, Faisal M ^a,b   Naqvi, Syed A ^b   Grace, Pierce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449107141     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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