Local Anesthesia for Surgical Procedures of the Upper Eyelid Using Filling Cannula: Our Technique

Summary: Sometimes, after local anesthetic injection for surgical procedures of the upper eyelid, it is possible to observe superficial preseptal hematomas or excessive lid swelling that may distort the tissues and obscure surgical landmarks. We present a technique to perform local anesthesia of the...

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Main Authors: Maria Trapasso, MD, Aniello Veneroso, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-05-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/05000/Article.14.aspx