local anesthetic
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medication that causes reversible absence of pain sensation
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Within Vinony's link graph, local anesthetic is referenced by 912 other articles, and connects out to pain, epidural anesthesia and nerve block.
It sits within the topics Anesthesia and Local anesthetics.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
160,520 papers- Local anesthetic systemic toxicity: A narrative review for emergency clinicians.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022
- Local anesthetics: review of pharmacological considerations.Anesthesia progress · 2012
- Local anesthesia: agents, techniques, and complications.Dental clinics of North America · 2012
- Wide-Awake Local Anesthetic No Tourniquet Surgery of the Foot and Ankle.The Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2023
- Advances in the use of local anesthetic extended-release systems in pain management.Drug delivery · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
Many local anesthetics fall into two general chemical classes, amino esters (top) and amino amides (bottom).
A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, providing local anesthesia, as opposed to a general anesthetic, which eliminates all sensation in the entire body and causes unconsciousness. Local anesthetics are most commonly used to eliminate pain during or after surgery. When it is used on specific nerve pathways (local anesthetic nerve block), paralysis (loss of muscle function) also can be induced.
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