Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Circumcision by surface anesthesia -is it really painless? Our experience

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Dr. Balamurugan E, and Dr. Nilavazhagan A

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Circumcision is a procedure of removal of prepuce skin for various causes including religious reasons. Usually it is done after adequate sedation or regional anesthesia. In our study we performed the surgery using EMLA cream i.e eutectic mixture of lignocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%. This study is conducted in order to assess the suitability and efficacy of surface anesthetic cream for doing day care procedure. Results were obtained by observation during surgery and post operative period follow up. In our study we performed circumcision using EMLA alone in 45 out of 70 cases. Remaining 25 cases required additional form of anesthesia.

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