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2096345

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Local anesthesia is appropriate for eyelid surgery, but patients fear the pain of injections. We evaluated iontophoresis of lidocaine for eyelid skin anesthesia to pinprick pain sensation in normal subjects, and prior to regional infiltration of the anesthetic agent in patients undergoing eyelid surgery. After iontophoresis of lidocaine hydrochloride 4% solution to one randomly chosen eyelid, pinprick skin sensation was tested in a double-masked manner. Subjective pain scores of 10 subjects were significantly less (P less than .008) on the iontophoresis treated eyelids (0.25) than on the untreated eyelids (2.55). Nine patients undergoing bilateral upper eyelid surgery had iontophoresis applied to one randomly chosen eyelid prior to the usual anesthetic injections. In this double-masked evaluation, patients reported significantly less pain (P less than .02) on the treated eyelids (1.4) than on the untreated eyelids (4.7). We conclude that iontophoresis is effective for achieving short-term, superficial anesthesia of eyelid skin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-023X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
845-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Iontophoresis for eyelid anesthesia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial