Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,

Objective:Because of the received wisdom within our setting that claims that local anesthesia should not be used with adrenalin in hand surgery; we conducted a study using lidocaine with adrenalin, to demonstrate its safety, utility and efficacy.Methods:We conducted a prospective study in which, in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais Junior, Jorge Ribamar Bacelar Costa, Jose Mauricio de Morais Carmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162014000500452&lng=en&tlng=en
_version_ 1827295003775336448
author Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais Junior
Jorge Ribamar Bacelar Costa
Jose Mauricio de Morais Carmo
author_facet Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais Junior
Jorge Ribamar Bacelar Costa
Jose Mauricio de Morais Carmo
author_sort Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais Junior
collection DOAJ
description Objective:Because of the received wisdom within our setting that claims that local anesthesia should not be used with adrenalin in hand surgery; we conducted a study using lidocaine with adrenalin, to demonstrate its safety, utility and efficacy.Methods:We conducted a prospective study in which, in wrist, hand and finger surgery performed from July 2012 onwards, we used local anesthesia comprising a 1% lidocaine solution with adrenalin at 1:100,000. We evaluated the quantity of bleeding, systemic alterations, signs of arterial deficit and complications, among other parameters. We described the infiltration techniques for specific procedures individually.Results:We operated on 41 patients and chose to describe separately the raising of a lateral microsurgical flap on the arm, which was done without excessive bleeding and within the usual length of time. In only three cases was there excessive bleeding or use of bipolar tweezers. No systemic alterations were observed by the anesthesiologists or any complications relating to ischemia and necrosis in the wounds or in the fingers, and use of tourniquets was not necessary in any case.Conclusions:Use of lidocaine with adrenalin in hand surgery was shown to be a safe local anesthetic technique, without complications relating to necrosis. It provided efficient exsanguination of the surgical field and made it possible to perform the surgical procedures without using a pneumatic tourniquet, thereby avoiding its risks and benefiting the patient through lower sedation.
first_indexed 2024-03-08T08:35:53Z
format Article
id doaj.art-078cf9618729420f93b79453f641068b
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1982-4378
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-24T14:12:33Z
publishDate 2014-10-01
publisher Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
record_format Article
series Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
spelling doaj.art-078cf9618729420f93b79453f641068b2024-04-03T08:58:42ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia1982-43782014-10-0149545246010.1016/j.rboe.2014.09.006S0102-36162014000500452Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais JuniorJorge Ribamar Bacelar CostaJose Mauricio de Morais CarmoObjective:Because of the received wisdom within our setting that claims that local anesthesia should not be used with adrenalin in hand surgery; we conducted a study using lidocaine with adrenalin, to demonstrate its safety, utility and efficacy.Methods:We conducted a prospective study in which, in wrist, hand and finger surgery performed from July 2012 onwards, we used local anesthesia comprising a 1% lidocaine solution with adrenalin at 1:100,000. We evaluated the quantity of bleeding, systemic alterations, signs of arterial deficit and complications, among other parameters. We described the infiltration techniques for specific procedures individually.Results:We operated on 41 patients and chose to describe separately the raising of a lateral microsurgical flap on the arm, which was done without excessive bleeding and within the usual length of time. In only three cases was there excessive bleeding or use of bipolar tweezers. No systemic alterations were observed by the anesthesiologists or any complications relating to ischemia and necrosis in the wounds or in the fingers, and use of tourniquets was not necessary in any case.Conclusions:Use of lidocaine with adrenalin in hand surgery was shown to be a safe local anesthetic technique, without complications relating to necrosis. It provided efficient exsanguination of the surgical field and made it possible to perform the surgical procedures without using a pneumatic tourniquet, thereby avoiding its risks and benefiting the patient through lower sedation.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162014000500452&lng=en&tlng=enAnestesia localAdrenalinaCirurgiaMãoDedos
spellingShingle Ronaldo Antonio de Freitas Novais Junior
Jorge Ribamar Bacelar Costa
Jose Mauricio de Morais Carmo
Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Anestesia local
Adrenalina
Cirurgia
Mão
Dedos
title Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
title_full Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
title_fullStr Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
title_full_unstemmed Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
title_short Use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery ,
title_sort use of adrenalin with lidocaine in hand surgery
topic Anestesia local
Adrenalina
Cirurgia
Mão
Dedos
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162014000500452&lng=en&tlng=en
work_keys_str_mv AT ronaldoantoniodefreitasnovaisjunior useofadrenalinwithlidocaineinhandsurgery
AT jorgeribamarbacelarcosta useofadrenalinwithlidocaineinhandsurgery
AT josemauriciodemoraiscarmo useofadrenalinwithlidocaineinhandsurgery