Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery
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J Plast Surg Hand Surg · Jan 2016
Randomized Controlled TrialThe importance of needle gauge for pain during injection of lidocaine.
Local anaesthetics such as lidocaine are used both in minor and major surgical procedures, and can be painful. Different methods have been investigated to reduce the discomfort of the injections. This study investigated if different needle gauges can influence the pain experienced during injection of lidocaine. ⋯ A significant preponderance of respondents stated that there had been less pain using the thinnest needle. Mean VAS responses showed the same trend, but the differences between them were not statistically significant.