Does topical anesthesia using aerosolized lidocaine inhibit the superior laryngeal nerve reflex?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 466-472

  Arslan, Ilker Burak ^a   Kose, Isil ^a   Ciger, Ejder ^b   Demirhan, Erhan ^a   Gumussoy, Murat ^a   Cukurova, Ibrahim ^a  

^a Tepecik Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

laryngeal microsurgery; lidocaine; superior laryngeal nerve; vagal reflex

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDEMA; EPIGLOTTIS; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LARYNX SPASM; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEX; REINKE EDEMA; SMOKING; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE REFLEX; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VOCAL CORD;

LARYNGEAL MICROSURGERY; LIDOCAINE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; VAGAL REFLEX;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX;

EID: 84884367748     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813495372     Document Type: Article

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