Know your anatomy. Local anesthesia for cutaneous lesions of the head and neck--practical applications of peripheral nerve blocks.
Peripheral nerve blocks can be used routinely in an outpatient setting. The innervation of the face and the technique we use to perform nerve blocks are reviewed. We present four cases of skin cancer and one of rhinophyma in which nerve blocks were used to minimize the discomfort associated with local anesthesia.
Randle
H W
HW
Section of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida 32224.
Salassa
J R
JR
Roenigk
R K
RK
D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000294:innervation; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D012535:Scalp / Q000294:innervation; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*