A study of regional nerve blocks and local anesthetic creams (Prilox®) for donor sites in burn patients

A Gupta, PS Bhandari, P Shrivastava - Burns, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Burn patient requires multiple visits to the operation theatres and
undergoing anesthesia with its attendant risks and post anesthesia recovery. It is possible …

Regional anesthetic blocks for donor site pain in burn patients: a meta-analysis on efficacy, outcomes, and cost

KA Grunzweig, J Son, AR Kumar - Plastic Surgery, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Skin graft donor site pain significantly affects pain management, narcotic use,
and hospital length of stay. This study is intended to evaluate the efficacy of regional …

Post-operative pain control for burn reconstructive surgery in a resource-restricted country with subcutaneous infusion of local anesthetics through a soaker catheter to …

G Fuzaylov, TL Kelly, C Bline, A Dunaev, ML Dylewski… - Burns, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Post-operative pain can significantly affect a patient's ability to recover following
surgery. In this study we introduced the concept of post-operative pain evaluation of burn …

Effect of topical local anesthetic application to skin harvest sites for pain management in burn patients undergoing skin-grafting procedures

WS Jellish, RL Gamelli, PA Furry, VL McGill… - Annals of …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Objective To determine if topical administration of local anesthesia, applied to fresh skin-
harvest sites, reduces pain and analgesic requirements after surgery. Summary Background …

Ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca plane block for the treatment of donor site pain in the burn-injured patient: a randomized control trial

CJ Town, H Strand, J Johnson, J Brown… - Journal of Burn Care …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Burn injuries requiring surgical intervention often result in split-thickness skin grafting
procedures, with donor skin frequently harvested from the patient's anterolateral thigh. The …

A novel technique for split-thickness skin donor site pain control: subcutaneous catheters for continuous local anesthetic infusion

JB Lundy, LC Cancio - Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Pain after split-thickness skin grafting can be severe. The current management of donor site
pain is limited to oral and parenteral narcotics and nonnarcotic adjuncts, topical analgesics …

Use of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve blocks by landmark technique is ineffective in decreasing narcotic usage after skin grafts: A retrospective case-control study

J Ingram, AY Williams, AC Bright, CC Butts - Burns, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Cutaneous burns are commonly treated with autologous skin grafts. Following
skin grafting, many patients complain of pain at the donor site. Donor sites are taken most …

Ultrasound guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) block: safe and simple anesthesia for harvesting skin grafts

A Shteynberg, LH Riina, LT Glickman, JN Meringolo… - Burns, 2013 - Elsevier
Many burn patients experience more intense pain from the split thickness skin donor site
than in the grafted burn wound in their postoperative period. Often, split thickness autografts …

The safety of adding bupivacaine to the subcutaneous infiltration solution used for donor site harvest

CG Fischer, S Lloyd, R Kopcha… - The Journal of burn …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Pain is a major problem for patients with burns. Donor sites are a significant source of this
pain. In this investigation we hypothesized that bupivacaine infiltration of the donor site …

Treating pain on skin graft donor sites: review and clinical recommendations

S Sinha, AJ Schreiner, J Biernaskie… - Journal of Trauma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Split-thickness skin grafting is the most common reconstructive procedure in managing burn
injuries. Harvesting split-thickness skin creates a new partial thickness wound referred to as …