Regional lidocaine anesthesia without exsanguination for outpatient management of upper extremity fractures.
The use of small dose intravenous lidocaine without exsanguination for upper extremity fractures in children and adults is described. A twenty-plus year experience with this technique in the outpatient setting has shown it to be effective and safe. Attention to detail is essential and inadvertent tourniquet release must be avoided.
Brown
G A
GA
University of New Mexico, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Albuquerque 87131-5296, USA.
Hayes
W M
WM
Cornwal
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D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D008012:Lidocaine