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Effect of warming and buffering lidocaine on pain during facial anesthesia

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Annals of Ophthalmology

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In a double-blind study, room-temperature lidocaine was injected randomly into 1 eyelid of 40 patients during facial anesthesia. The other eyelid of the same eye received injection of warm lidocaine (group 1) or bicarbonate-buffered lidocaine (group 2). Based on a pain scale, warming or buffering lidocaine did not significantly reduce the amount of infiltration pain. Buffering lidocaine was effective in reducing the quality of pain, as judged by the patient's report of dominant pain.

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  1. Ophthalmology Department, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey

    Haluk Talu MD, Orhan Elibol MD, Ates Yanyali MD, Levent Karabas MD, Banu Alp MD & Yusuf Çaglar MD

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Talu, H., Elibol, O., Yanyali, A. et al. Effect of warming and buffering lidocaine on pain during facial anesthesia. Ann Ophthalmol 33, 43–47 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-001-0072-3

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