AIM: In the present study, we investigated effects of a local anesthetic, in the treatment of pathologic scars. materials and methods: this retrospective report describes our experience with 97 patients who underwent lidocaine 2% injections in surgical scars of the hand. The results were evaluated using 4 parameters:cutaneous structure, pain, thikness and colour of the scar. RESULTS: The mean outcome was the pain control. 2 out of 97 showed a 100% improvement in all the parameters. In 95 of 97 patients the improvement was between 60-100%. DISCUSSION: Lidocaine controls different pathways of inflammation. Flogosis is the first phase of cicatrization and so lidocaine could be used in the treatment of pathologic scars. A previous study confirms the role of lidocaine, injected to control the pillar pain in the carpal tunnel's surgery, in the improvement of scars. CONCLUSION: Lidocaine, as neuromodulation treatment, acts on inflammation, temperature, perfusion and partial pressure of oxygen.
Neuromodulation in the treatment of hand's scars / Spagnoli, Anna Maria; Fino, Pasquale; P., Fioramonti; F., Corrias; Lo F., Torto; Scuderi, Nicolo'. - In: ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0003-469X. - 83:2(2012), pp. 103-107.
Neuromodulation in the treatment of hand's scars
SCUDERI, Nicolo'
2012-01-01
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AIM: In the present study, we investigated effects of a local anesthetic, in the treatment of pathologic scars. materials and methods: this retrospective report describes our experience with 97 patients who underwent lidocaine 2% injections in surgical scars of the hand. The results were evaluated using 4 parameters:cutaneous structure, pain, thikness and colour of the scar. RESULTS: The mean outcome was the pain control. 2 out of 97 showed a 100% improvement in all the parameters. In 95 of 97 patients the improvement was between 60-100%. DISCUSSION: Lidocaine controls different pathways of inflammation. Flogosis is the first phase of cicatrization and so lidocaine could be used in the treatment of pathologic scars. A previous study confirms the role of lidocaine, injected to control the pillar pain in the carpal tunnel's surgery, in the improvement of scars. CONCLUSION: Lidocaine, as neuromodulation treatment, acts on inflammation, temperature, perfusion and partial pressure of oxygen.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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