Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Aug 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyAnalgesic efficacy of lidocaine for suction-assisted lipectomy with tumescent technique under general anesthesia: a randomized, double-masked, controlled trial.
Suction-assisted lipectomy is one of the most common procedures performed in plastic surgery. To minimize blood loss and to obtain adequate analgesia, a liquid solution is infiltrated into the subcutaneous plane before suction. The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of lidocaine in the infiltration solution reduces postoperative pain. ⋯ Therapeutic, I.