Skin graft harvesting under local anaesthesia.
The paper compared three methods of local anaesthesia application used for taking dermoepidermal transplants. 1. Procaine injections: advantage: effectivity; disadvantage: lengthy procedure, uneven surface. 2. Freezing with Kelene: advantage: speed, no preparation needed, good effect; disadvantage: thicker grafts. 3. EMLA local application: advantage: effectiveness, simplicity; disadvantage: none This shows EMLA application as an optimum method. If anaesthesia without preparation needs to be applied quickly, it is advantageous to use Kelene. Undoubtedly, it is a question of the method of choice, standard usage as well as availability of the anaesthetic.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital with Policlinic, Trinec, Czechoslovakia.
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D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005018:Ethyl Chloride; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D009824:Ointments; D011318:Prilocaine; D011343:Procaine; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D004338:Drug Combinations; D000077442:Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; D009824:Ointments; D011318:Prilocaine; D005018:Ethyl Chloride; D011343:Procaine; D008012:Lidocaine