RT Book, Section
A1 Tsai, Tony
A1 Gadsden, Jeffrey
A1 Connery, Cliff
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3497440
T1 Chapter 12. Local Infiltration Anesthesia
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3497440
RD 2024/04/19
AB Many  procedures  can  be  performed  with  the  use  of  local  anesthetic  alone,  instilled  at  or  near  the  site  of  surgery.  Often  this  can  be  done  by  the  surgeon  without  the  use  or  assistance  of  an  anesthesiologist.  Local  infiltration  is  also  technically  easy  to  perform  and  requires  minimal  postoperative  care.  Together,  these  factors  contribute  to  its  popularity  and  nearly  ubiquitous  application  as  a  means  of  anesthesia  for  small  minimally  invasive  procedures  and  operations.  This  technique  is  relatively  safe  as  well,  but  does  require  an  understanding  of  basic  local  anesthetic  pharmacology,  especially  with  respect  to  dosing  and  toxicity,  as  well  as  skill  for  successful  application.