Clinical Trial: Split Face Study of the Duration of Local Anesthetics
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Anesthetics, Local
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Characterizing and Comparing the Duration of Local Anesthetic in Dermatologic Surgery
Brief Summary:
This is a research study to compare how long injectable pain medications (anesthetics) commonly used in dermatologic surgery are effective for.This study will compare a short-acting anesthetic, lidocaine with epinephrine, to one of two long-acting anesthetics (ropivacaine or bupivacaine).This study will also directly compare the duration of actions of ropivacaine and bupivacaine.The investigators hypothesize that the duration of anesthesia of short-acting anesthetics will not differ significantly from long-acting…
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