Lidocaine v bupivacaine in facial plastic surgery. A clinical trial.
The ideal local anesthetic agent for facial plastic surgery should have rapid onset, good surgical anesthesia, and reasonably long duration. The purpose of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to compare 1% lidocaine hydrochloride with 1:200,000 epinephrine with 0.5% bupivacaine hydrochloride with 1:200,000 epinephrine, a newer, longer-acting local anesthetic, in different facial operations. The results suggest that bupivacaine is an effective and safe agent for these procedures.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
D008012:Lidocaine; D002045:Bupivacaine