Open AccessEffect of Topical Local Anesthetic Application to Skin Harvest Sites for Pain Management in Burn Patients Undergoing Skin-Grafting Procedures
Author(s) -
W. Scott Jellish,
Richard L. Gamelli,
Patricia A. Furry,
Victoria McGill,
Elaine Fluder
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199901000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , lidocaine , anesthesia , local anesthetic , bupivacaine , analgesic , narcotic , saline , topical anesthetic , placebo , anesthetic , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
To determine if topical administration of local anesthesia, applied to fresh skin-harvest sites, reduces pain and analgesic requirements after surgery.