Tumescent Local Anesthesia During Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Implantation to Reduce Postoperative Pain

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2024 Dec;17(12):e013168. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.124.013168. Epub 2024 Nov 27.

Authors

Balaram Krishna Hanumanthu¹, Jason Wink², Gustavo Guandalini¹, Francis E Marchlinski¹, David S Frankel¹, Timothy M Markman¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine (B.K.H., G.G., F.E.M., D.S.F., T.M.M.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.W.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

PMID: 39601136
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.124.013168

No abstract available

Keywords: analgesics, opioid; anesthesia, local; pain, postoperative; saline solution; subcutaneous tissue.

Publication types

Letter