Analgesic efficacy of equimolar 50% nitrous oxide/oxygen gas premix (Kalinox ®) as compared with a 5% eutectic mixture of lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA®) in chronic leg ulcer debridement

This study provides sound evidence that analgesia with topically administered 5% lidocaine/prilocaine cream is superior to the use of inhaled 50% N2O/O2 gas premix in chronic leg ulcer debridement.

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Source: International Wound Journal - July 31, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Juerg Traber, Ulrike Held, Maria Signer, Tobias Huebner, Stefan Arndt, Thomas A Neff Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research