Local Anesthesia

Local anesthesia is an anesthetic technique producing reversible sensory loss in a limited anatomical region through peripheral nerve blockade by local anesthetic agents, while maintaining consciousness.

15.8K

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2017–2026

1.9K

Variants

Local Anaesthesia

Parents

Veterinary Anesthesiology

Children

Adjuvants In Local AnesthesiaDental Local AnesthesiaDigital Nerve BlocksDose CalculationEpidural AnesthesiaInfiltration AnesthesiaInjection TechniquesIntravenous Regional AnesthesiaLocal Anesthetic PharmacokineticsLocal Anesthetic Toxicity

Publications

15.8K

An ambulatory surgical procedure under local anesthesia for treatment of female urinary incontinence

U. Ulmsten, L. Henriksson, Per Johnson et al. · International Urogynecology Journal · 1996 · 1.7K citations

Medicine, Surgery, Urology +13

Efficacy of a New Tonic Containing Urea, Lactate, Polidocanol, and <b><i>Glycyrrhiza inflata</i></b> Root Extract in the Treatment of a Dry, Itchy, and Subclinically Inflamed Scalp

Dorothea Schweiger, Caroline Baufeld, Philip Drescher et al. · Skin Pharmacology and Physiology · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +17

Thresholds of focal cerebral ischemia in awake monkeys

T. Hugh Jones, Richard B. Morawetz, Robert M. Crowell et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 1981 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +17

Reflex cardiovascular and respiratory responses originating in exercising muscle

D.I. McCloskey, J. H. Mitchell · The Journal of Physiology · 1972 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in the Rat by Intraluminal Suture

Ludmila Belayev, Ofelia F. Alonso, Raul Busto et al. · Stroke · 1996 · 806 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

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Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, United States
52 publications · 5.5K citations
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Benjamín G. Covino
Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
46 publications · 3.1K citations
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Gary R. Strichartz
Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
41 publications · 3.2K citations
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Henrik Kehlet
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
45 publications · 3.3K citations
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Daniel S. Kohane
Harvard University, United States
36 publications · 2.3K citations
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Institutions

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Anesthesia & Analgesia
965 publications · 55.7K citations
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Anesthesiology
533 publications · 38.5K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 1.5K publications · 46K citations
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Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
RAPM · 405 publications · 22.3K citations
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Pain
116 publications · 12.8K citations
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See also Local Anesthesia
Core Methods	Infiltration Anesthesia Topical Anesthesia Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve Block Digital Nerve Blocks Neuraxial Anesthesia Epidural Anesthesia Psoas Compartment Block
Drug Agents	Ester Local Anesthetics Amide Local Anesthetics Lidocaine In Ocular Use
Complications	Hematology Intravascular Injection Peripheral Nerve Anatomy Local Anesthetic Toxicity Bleeding Necrosis
Clinical Applications	Cesarean Section Tooth Extraction Alveolar Bone Surgery Lower Extremity Reconstruction Pediatric Dentistry
Anatomic Targets	Peripheral Nerve Injury Brachial Plexus Entrapment Femoral Nerve Stimulation