Comparison between topical anesthesia with cocaine versus lidocaine plus adrenaline for outpatient laser dacryocystorhinostomy

Comparison of topical tetracaine, adrena

Comparison of topical tetracaine, adrenaline, and cocaine anesthesia with lidocaine infiltration for repair of lacerations in children

✍ Mary A Hegenbarth; Michael F Altieri; William H Hawk; Anne Greene; Daniel W Ochs 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 624 KB

Local anesthetic infiltration is painful and frightening for children. We prospectively compared a topical alternative, TAC solution (tetracaine 0.5%, adrenaline 1:2,000, cocaine 11.8%), with 1% lidocaine infiltration for use in laceration repair in 467 children. Adequate anesthesia of facial and sc