TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of injection pain of articaine and lidocaine in eyelid surgery
AU - Steele, Eric A.
AU - Ng, John D.
AU - Poissant, Tasha M.
AU - Campbell, Nancy M.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Purpose: To compare the pain induced by tissue infiltration of lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1:100,000 versus articaine 4% with epinephrine 1:100,000 for eyelid surgery. Methods: Thirty patients undergoing bilateral eyelid surgery were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, double-masked study. Each subject received injections of lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1:100,000 (Xylocaine) on one side and articaine 4% with epinephrine 1:100,000 (Septocaine) on the other for surgical anesthesia. The patients rated the pain of infiltration using a 100-mm visual analogue scale immediately after receiving each injection. The pain scores were compared using the paired t test. Results: Twenty-two of the 30 patients (73.3%) rated the articaine injection as less painful than the lidocaine injection. The mean pain score for lidocaine was 42.60 ± 24.74 and the pain score for articaine was 31.85 ± 20.28 (p = 0.011). Conclusions: In this study, infiltration of articaine was less painful than lidocaine for eyelid surgery, making articaine an attractive alternative for local anesthesia.
AB - Purpose: To compare the pain induced by tissue infiltration of lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1:100,000 versus articaine 4% with epinephrine 1:100,000 for eyelid surgery. Methods: Thirty patients undergoing bilateral eyelid surgery were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, double-masked study. Each subject received injections of lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1:100,000 (Xylocaine) on one side and articaine 4% with epinephrine 1:100,000 (Septocaine) on the other for surgical anesthesia. The patients rated the pain of infiltration using a 100-mm visual analogue scale immediately after receiving each injection. The pain scores were compared using the paired t test. Results: Twenty-two of the 30 patients (73.3%) rated the articaine injection as less painful than the lidocaine injection. The mean pain score for lidocaine was 42.60 ± 24.74 and the pain score for articaine was 31.85 ± 20.28 (p = 0.011). Conclusions: In this study, infiltration of articaine was less painful than lidocaine for eyelid surgery, making articaine an attractive alternative for local anesthesia.
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U2 - 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181912016
DO - 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181912016
M3 - Article
C2 - 19273915
AN - SCOPUS:63449099936
SN - 0740-9303
VL - 25
SP - 13
EP - 15
JO - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 1
ER -