Distinct neurotoxic effects of select local anesthetics on facial nerve injury and recovery.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that some local anesthetics, but not all, exacerbate motoneuron death and delay functional recovery after a peripheral nerve injury. These and future results may lead to clinical strategies that decrease the risk of neural deficit following peripheral nerve blocks with local anesthetics. PMID: 32310199 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience - Category: Neurology Tags: Restor Neurol Neurosci Source Type: research