Local anesthetics such as lidocaine block pain effectively, but they also impair motor and autonomic functions by indiscriminately blocking sodium channels in all neurons. Binshtok et al.

performed a single-blind, randomized, prospective study to investigate whether topical lidocaine application by means of a lollipop could provide efficacious local anesthesia. Fifty patients ...

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An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...