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local anaesthetic

An ANAESTHETIC affecting only part of the body and not affecting consciousness. Local anaesthetics may be applied, usually by injection, directly to the part to be operated upon, or may be applied, at a distance, to the sensory nerves coming from the part (nerve block).

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In order to increase the duration of block, Dexmedetomidine has been used as an adjuvant to local anaesthetics in different regional techniques.

A comparative study of ropivacaine and ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine as postoperative analgesia for lower abdominal surgeries under ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block

The introduction of cocaine in 1884 as a local anaesthetic agent started an entire new era in medicine.

Local anaesthetic agent systemic toxicity

In a recent experimental study, investigators from Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey investigated the possible therapeutic effects of local anaesthetics on IBD.

Local anaesthesia can benefit inflammatory bowel disease sufferers

Local anaesthetics, from lidocaine to the more recent ropivacaine, have been used as pre-emptive analgesics since the 1980s.

Caesarean section wound infiltration with local anaesthetic for postoperative pain relief--any benefit?

Moreover, it does not seem to produce clinically relevant differences compared with stimulating and injecting only at the tibial branch when injecting high volumes of local anaesthetic.

Nerve stimulation provides only functional information whereas ultrasound guidance provides anatomical and procedural information with clear clinical benefits

The use of a local anaesthetic as either a bolus injection or a continuous infusion into the paravertebral space to provide analgesia is a long established technique.

Thoracic paravertebral block (PVB) analgesia

Chirocaine is the trade name for levobupivacaine, the long-acting local anaesthetic developed by Chiroscience for use in a wide range of surgical procedures, as well as in pain relief during childbirth and in pain management following surgery.

First Regulatory Approval for Chirocaine; US FDA Advisory Committee Meeting in January 1999, Earlier Than Expected; Product Commercialization Strategy Under Review

It also improves the quality and duration of analgesia over local anaesthetics alone.

The effects of dexamethasone and potassium chloride as additives to local anaesthetic in supraclavicular brachial plexus block: a randomised controlled study

Nevertheless, researchers concluded that local anaesthetics might have potential therapeutic effects on IBD based on their findings.

Local anaesthetics may help in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the MICs of local anaesthetics and additives commonly used in epidural infusions, against organisms implicated in the formation of epidural abscesses.

Antibacterial activity of epidural infusions

Injecting 1 ml of local anaesthetic should abolish the twitch.

There are significant advantages to regional anaesthesia

Ghaderi et al found in their study that cooling the injection site before infiltration of local anaesthetics for 1 min, reduces the pain perceived by pediatric patients.

Topical application of local anaesthetic gel vs ice in pediatric patients for infiltration anaesthesia