31 Anesthesia Techniques Used for Donor and Recipient Areas

Ricardo Mejia

Summary

This chapter will provide the reader with the important practical aspects to consider for effective painless and safe anesthesia in hair transplantation surgery. It focuses on understanding lidocaine limits, epinephrine concentrations, and tumescent lidocaine anesthesia.

Schlüsselwörter

preoperative sedation - field blocks - lidocaine limits - tachyphylaxis - pain management - epinephrine concentrations - buffering - ring blocks

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