The authors report their experience in ambulatory treatment of cicatrizial phimosis in outpatients, by using local anaesthesia with eutectic cream of lidocaine and prilocaine. This preliminary study shows that preparation seems to be effective and well tolerated. To the aim of getting a good analgesic result the most important aspects are a careful application of the cream all over the concerne...

BACKGROUND Pre-cancerous lesions of cervix (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)) are usually treated with excisional or ablative procedures. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) cervical screening guidelines suggest that over 80% of treatments should be performed in an outpatient setting (colposcopy clinics). Furthermore, these guidelines suggest that analgesia should always be giv...

Results.Anaesthesia for surgery was adequate in both groups. Pin-prick analgesia was achieved at a similar rate, except in the radial nerve distribution area where at 10 min 60% of Ropi and 90% of Prilo patients had analgesia (P=0.017). At 10 min 100 and 97% had motor block of the hand in the Ropi and Prilo groups, respectively. Recovery of the sensory block in all innervation areas was already...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare 2 techniques that are widely used in hand, wrist, and forearm: regional intravenous anesthesia (RIVA) and infraclavicular brachial block. METHODS A total of 100 patients who were aged 18 to 85 years and who underwent hand, wrist, or forearm surgery of at least 30 minutes duration were included. RIVA was applied to Group 1 patients with administra...