Maximal haemostatic effect is attained in porcine skin within 7 min of the administration of a local anaesthetic together with epinephrine, refuting the need for a 30 min waiting time

Objective: Based on clinical experience gained over many years, the maximal haemostatic effect following administration of local anaesthetics containing epinephrine is generally believed to occur within 10 min. Surprisingly, it was found in a recent study, in which bleeding was quantified intraopera...

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Main Authors: Rafi Sheikh, Jenny Hult, Josefine Bunke, Ulf Dahlstrand, Cu Ansson, Khashayar Memarzadeh, Malin Malmsjö
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:JPRAS Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587818300500