This local anaesthetic is none other than lidocaine. It's widely used around the world for minor surgery. And its benefits are not limited to these minor procedures: it can also be used to treat ...

A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether flushing an intraosseous needle with local anaesthetic or saline is more effective at reducing the pain injecting drugs or fluid via this route.

Study objective—To determine whether the use of subcutaneous local anaesthetic (lignocaine) is associated with a reduction in cannulation pain in the emergency department setting. Methods—Patients ...

In 1999, 11 centres across the UK offered a local anaesthetic thoracoscopy service, increasing to 17 centres in May 20041 and 37 centres in 2009 (Dr N Downer, personal communication). This document, ...

For many patients, the worst part of a procedure, such as a tooth extraction or a carpal tunnel decompression, is likely to be the initial pain following the insertion of a needle and the injection of ...

Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT) is increasingly being performed by respiratory physicians for the diagnosis and treatment of exudative pleural effusions, the most common cause of which is ...

A Midlands mum has said she was forced to have a caesarean without anaesthetic as medics ignored her screams for help. Yvonne ...

BACKGROUND Vitreoretinal (VR) surgery has been increasingly performed under local anaesthesia (LA) in this unit. The results of an audit monitoring this change are presented. METHODS Data were ...

AIM To assess the efficacy of amethocaine as a topical local anaesthetic in neonates. METHODS A randomised, double blind controlled trial compared 4% amethocaine gel (Ametop) with placebo in 60 ...

There are a number of issues associated with the disbudding of goat kids. The need to achieve an effective block of 4 nerves places a real risk of a toxic local anaesthetic overdose in a high-risk ...

Facial nerve palsy is a rare but known complication of dental local anaesthesia and may be underreported. We describe a case of a transient facial nerve palsy following the administration of an ...